Late Election Materials Arrival Delay Voting In Enugu

The Presidential and National Assembly elections in Enugu State were Saturday marred by late arrival of election materials and Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials at various wards and voting units.
Our correspondent who monitored the election reports that in most of the locations and voting units visited, the story was the same as thousands of people that came out to exercise their franchise waited for hours for INEC officials before they were able to cast their votes for their preferred candidates.
The areas that witnessed late arrival of election materials and INEC officials were Uzo – Ava Abakpa Nike, Timber Shed, Coal Camp, Ugwu Nwa Nnamene, Idaw – River polling units, among others.
It was also reported that at the Timber Shed polling unit, the INEC officials arrived the venue without the presidential ballot papers, only to rush back to the commission’s office to collect the papers when voters protested vehemently.
At Abakpa Nike Girls Secondary school (ward 032 and 033), the story was not different as BVAS was not functional and that almost made it impossible for voters to exercise their franchise.
There was heavy presence of the police and other security personnel in most of the wards and voting units visited, and aside one or two locations that witnessed minor incidents the exercise was peaceful.