BREAKING: INEC Postpones Governorshp, Assembly Elections In Lagos (DETAILS)

BREAKING: INEC Postpones Governorshp, Assembly Elections In Lagos (DETAILS)

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed Saturday’s governorship and state assembly elections in ten polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) area of the state’s Lekki area.

Segun Agbaje, INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, made the announcement while speaking to reporters at the VGC.

According to him, corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate because they claimed they were held hostage in the Presidential and National Assembly elections on February 25.

According to Agbaje, the commission’s ad hoc staff set up voting materials in front of the estate on Saturday, but the estate residents claimed that hoodlums might disrupt the process, so they did not feel secure and were unable to vote.

He said the situation was difficult for security agents to contain hence he and his team had to come to the area.

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“We have eight polling units here with 6,024 registered voters and out of which 5,624 people have their PVCs,” he stated, adding that two other polling units at the estate’s main gate were also affected. “Eight here (in the estate) and two outside,” he noted.

“After due consultation and further directive from the national headquarters that we should remobilise here tomorrow (Sunday) morning by 08:30am to conduct the elections.

“By 08:30am tomorrow (Sunday), we will reconvene here.”

Agbaje stated that the estate’s chairman of the security committee had assured the commission of the safety of corps members, INEC staff, and voters.

Some of the polling units affected include PU 032,033, 119 -124.

Tunde Doherty, the governorship candidate of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC), whose polling unit is in the VGC, chastised INEC for the “unfortunate” situation.

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