Late voting finally commenced in Nasarawa Local Government Area of Nasarawa State in Saturday’s Chairmanship and Councillorship polls, several hours behind schedule.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent monitoring the exercise reports that the delay was caused by the late delivery of election materials to the polling units.
Voting began at about 2pm against 8am, in polling units where materials were provided by the Nasarawa State Independent Electoral Commission.
For instance, at the time of filing the report, voting was ongoing at the Polling Units located at Agwan Dalhatu, Agwan Mallam Hassan,
and Makera, all in the Central Ward.
Some voters, who waited for materials to be delivered at the unit, expressed relief that the process eventually commenced.
They called for peaceful and speedy completion of the process before nightfall to avoid hoodlums taking cover under the dark to cause violence.
A voter, Alhaji Yusuf Abdullahi, said: “We have waited since morning and some have even given up, fearing that the exercise might no longer take place.
“But we thank Allah, the election has finally commenced and we hope it will go on smoothly.”
The exercise was, however, yet to start in other polling units in the LGA due to the absence of electoral materials and officials.
NAN also reports that the exercise was generally characterised by low voter turnout in all the polling units visited.