No Voters, INEC Officials At Abia Polling Unit Yet

The officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are yet to arrive at the polling unit in Atan Abam I/Atan Abam Primary School in Arochukwu LGA, Abia State.

Naija News learnt that the venue in which the election will hold in one of the polling units had no sign of voters or INEC officials at around 8: 30am on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the electoral body disclosed on Friday that 2.12 million registered voters are expected to vote in the 4,062 polling units during Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.

The Head, Voter Education and Publicity of the commission, Rebecca Jim, made this known in an interview in Umuahia, where she noted that all the sensitive and non-sensitive materials had been dispatched to the 17 Local Government Areas of the state under the surveillance of both the security and parties agents.

She said that INEC was collaborating with the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security, comprising the military and other uniformed agencies.

She further said that the security personnel were professional and supportive toward ensuring a credible and peaceful election.

Jim said: “So far, we are enjoying security in Abia.

“There is no security lapse anywhere.

“The deployment of sensitive materials was accompanied by very tight security and those security agents that accompanied the materials will be there until Monday.”

Jim appealed to the electorate to come our early for voting that is scheduled for between 8:30am and 2:30pm.