Voting ends in polling units in Port Harcourt, Obio/Akpor

News Agency Of Nigeria 16:42 - 18 March 2023

voting ends in Port Harcourt (Vanguard)

Voting has ended in some units in Woji, Rumuomasi, Rumuobiakani and Elelenwo areas of Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that accreditation and voting started in many of the polling units at about 8:30 a.m. with low turnout of voters observed.

In Woji Ward 6 Polling Units 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16 and 17, voting ended before 2:30 p.m. deadline.

Also, at Rumuobiakani Ward 4 Polling Units 49 and 54, voting which was largely peaceful, ended early.

Sonia Okoro, the Presiding Officer of the unit attributed the early closure of voting to low turnout of voters in her polling station.

In Rumuomasi Units 10, 11, 36, 45 and 51 in Obio Akpor, voting also ended early without any violence recorded in the area.

In many of the Polling Units, the voters did not stay behind to witness the vote count unlike the Feb. 25 elections where voters stayed behind to partake in the vote count.

Some voters’ and party agents were seen in groups discussing the elections while awaiting the vote count to start at 2:30 p.m.

Mr Michael Ogonda, the PDP agent in Unit 51 Ward 4 (Rumuobiakani), said in spite of the low turnout that party agents would stay behind to witness the vote count.