Registered Voters in many polling units in Onitsha and Nkpor cities of Anambra State are stranded as officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have yet to arrive in the area.
At around 11:25 am, when a correspondence of The Punch visited Ward 6, polling unit 024 at Bridge Head, Onitsha around 11:25 am, the voters were seen expressing disappointment at the non-arrival of the INEC officials as they were running out of patient.
In addition, voters were seen waiting impatiently for the arrival of the INEC officials and their materials at the 064 Borwhole polling unit located at the Sisters’ Convent Nkpor.
One of the aggrieved sisters, Mary Amanda Nwagbo, told newsmen that they had been waiting since 9 a.m. to no avail.
The voters frowned on the act of the electoral umpire to their community while accusing them of trying to disenfranchise them in the election.
According to one of the voters “It is almost 12noon and no INEC official around on this polling unit. What do you call that if not an attempt to frustrate us and stop us from voting our candidate.”
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