Voting has commenced in different parts of Nigeria for the West African country’s governorship and state assembly elections.
INEC officials had arrived at polling units across the country with voting materials and had set up sensitive and non-sensitive materials in the 176,606 polling units spread across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Accreditation and voting began at 08:30 a.m. in most voting units. According to INEC, 87, 209,007 Nigerians have Permanent Voter Cards.
Newsclick Nigeria observed the deployment of Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines in polling units.
Security officials including policemen are also seen at the polling units.
With February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections concluded and results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission, albeit with the attendant legal tussles following, the battlegrounds have shifted to states.
In all, 18 political parties fielded candidates for the governorship elections slated to hold in 28 out of the 36 states of the Federation.
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