Malpractices mar elections in Warri
Irregularities marred Saturday’s presidential and National Assemblies elections in the Warri metropolis, Delta State, even as voting in t...
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Irregularities marred Saturday’s presidential and National Assemblies
elections in the Warri metropolis, Delta State, even as voting in three
council areas of the state were suspended as a result of security
concerns.
The Nation observed voters were being constrained to vote for the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in most of the polling units around Warri South and Uvwie council areas of the state.
In Warri South council area, the Nation observed that voters were being intimidated by PDP agents and suspected thugs to vote for the PDP. At ward 05, unit 12 on Okere Road, as well as at ward 12, unit 14, situated at 2 Emebiren Street, voters were pressured by PDP agents to vote for their party.
Also at ward 12, units 1,2 and three, 3, situated in Olodi Primary School, Avenue Road, electoral irregularities were also rife as officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allowed a free-for-all for prospective voters without checking their register.
In Uvwie, intimidation of voters by those suspected to be enforcers of the PDP was observed in various units of ward 3, unit 1. The Nation observed that some of the enforcers at the unit brought some people suspected not to have been registered in the unit, the matter however broke down into an argument as some observers raised the alarm.
In Warri South-West council area, at Madangho precisely, women who suspected a foul play after casting their votes went naked, resisting the movement of ballot boxes by soldiers from their polling booths.
The Nation observed voters were being constrained to vote for the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in most of the polling units around Warri South and Uvwie council areas of the state.
In Warri South council area, the Nation observed that voters were being intimidated by PDP agents and suspected thugs to vote for the PDP. At ward 05, unit 12 on Okere Road, as well as at ward 12, unit 14, situated at 2 Emebiren Street, voters were pressured by PDP agents to vote for their party.
Also at ward 12, units 1,2 and three, 3, situated in Olodi Primary School, Avenue Road, electoral irregularities were also rife as officials of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) allowed a free-for-all for prospective voters without checking their register.
In Uvwie, intimidation of voters by those suspected to be enforcers of the PDP was observed in various units of ward 3, unit 1. The Nation observed that some of the enforcers at the unit brought some people suspected not to have been registered in the unit, the matter however broke down into an argument as some observers raised the alarm.
In Warri South-West council area, at Madangho precisely, women who suspected a foul play after casting their votes went naked, resisting the movement of ballot boxes by soldiers from their polling booths.
