See the impressive turn out at the Bayelsa voting polls

Saturday’s governorship supplementary election

in Bayelsa recorded impressive turnout of
voters in most units in Southern Ijaw Local
Government Area where the exercise is being
conducted.
As early as 7.45 a.m., voters had queued in
polling units in some of the wards, waiting for
accreditation and voting to begin at 8 a.m. as
directed by Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
With adequate presence of security personnel
and electoral officials, the exercise began
peacefully at all the polling units in Anyama
Primary School, Anyama-Ijaw, Ward 2, at 9.30
a.m. The exercise was also smooth in other
units in the ward, with the card reader
functioning well.
Delay in distribution of materials within Ward 4
caused the exercise to commence at about 10
a.m. in the area.
At Peremabiri, where polling was being
conducted at the Town Hall, the card reader
was also functioning, with the voters taking
their turns in accreditation and balloting.
However, the exercise was yet to commence at
Odenwari community, Ward 3, at 10.15 a.m. as
materials were still awaited in spite of large
presence of voters as well as security
personnel.