Update: The BVAS system has been malfunctioning, making the process a slow one. Only two people have been accredited. The INEC officials here say they’ve contacted the office for a replacement. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 002, Ward 13, Isuofia, Aguata LGA.
Update: INEC staff appear to be having trouble with the Biometric Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). Only two people have voted here in over 20 minutes. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PUs 1, 2, and 3, Ward 2, Uragu Primary School, Orumba South LG.
Update: The INEC officials arrived at 9:45am. One of the presiding officers said their late arrival was caused by organisation and logistics issues. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 005, Eri Primary School 11, Ward 11, Otuocha 1, Anambra East LGA
Update: INEC officials are just arriving. The officials said they were delayed due to a lack of vehicles to convey them. Registered voters are 756 and they are waiting to be accredited
OBIANO CASTS HIS VOTE
Location: PU 004, Eri Primary School, Otuocha 1, Aguleri, Anambra East LGA.
Governor Willie Obiano has cast his vote. He commended voters in his ward for conducting themselves in an orderly manner. He also urged the people to go out and cast their votes
Location: PU 008, Ward 2, Onitsha South.
Update: Voters are yet to arrive at 10am. The PO said: "Some of the party agents have signed, as well as the security agents, but voters are not here yet." #AnambraDecides2021
Update: The exercise is going on smoothly at PU 007, Ward 3, Onitsha North LGA. Officials arrived on time, and BVAS is working perfectly here.
"Nothing is working here. It is puzzling," says a voter at PU 002, Ward 13 Isuofia, Aguata LGA. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PUs 07 and 15, Ward 5, Amawbia, Awka South LGA.
Update: Voting started around 9am. The presiding officers had earlier complained that the BVAS were not working. One of them, who identified himself as Arinze, said a complaint was lodged to the RAC tech.
Location: PUs 001, 002, 003, Ward 1, Onitsha South.
Location: PUs 1, 2 and 3, Ward 2, Mbarangwu, Umuze, Orumba South LG.
Update: Voters are still waiting for INEC officials to complete the necessary arrangement for voting to commence. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 009, Ward 1, Onitsha South
Update: At 10:34am, the INEC official is just setting, while complaining of having no ad-hoc staff support. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 001, Ugundiuka 1, Otuocha 1, Anambra East LGA.
Update: BVAS is not functioning well as only seven voters have so far been accredited. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 015, Ward 16, Aguata LGA.
Update: This is where Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, will cast his vote. He is yet to arrive at the PU. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 004, Ward 1, Onitsha South
Update: An INEC official displays the ballot box to show it is empty as accreditation commences. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 001, Ward 1, Nkwo Square, Umunze, Onitsha South LG.
Update: Ukamaka Ozoemena, an excited voter, is being captured by an INEC official. "Immediately the INEC official wanted to capture my face, though my face came out in the machine, the machine went off," she said.
NO VOTER IN SIGHT
Location: PU 010, Ward 1, Onitsha South.
Update: At 10:54am, INEC officials and security personnel are still waiting for voters to show up. #AnambraDecides2021
WIDESPREAD LATE ARRIVAL OF INEC OFFICIALS
According to @YIAGA, INEC officials arrived on time at only 17 percent of the polling units. The non-profit says it monitored 233 of the 248 polling units. #AnambraDecides2021
N2500 FOR A VOTE
Location: PU 010, Ward 02, Nkwo Amaenyei market square, Awka South LG.
Update: The lady in green voted and entered a gated compound where she was given N2,500. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 007, St. Jude Primary School, Ward 11 Otuocha 1, Anambra East LG.
Update: An INEC ad-hoc staff complains that BVAS is giving them issues as only 10 persons have so far been accredited and voted. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 018, Fegge Ward 2, Onitsha South LG.
Update: The presiding officer just arrived with the election materials at 11am. #AnambraDecides2021
FED UP, BUT NOT GIVING UP
Location: PU 004, 005, Ihite Ward, Umunze, Orumba South LG.
Update: Voters express frustration over the failure of the BVAS machine to capture their faces. Despite several unsuccessful attempts, they are not giving up on casting their votes.
Location: PU 006, St Jude Primary School, Ward 11, Otuocha 1, Anambra East LG.
Update: BVAS has stopped working here, and voters are complaining bitterly.
Update: TheCable's reporter observed that two female police officers (on the right) have changed from their uniforms to plain clothes. No explanation was given for this.
Location: PU 015, Fegge Ward 2, Onitsha South LG.
Update: The presiding officer says there are only 16 registered voters at the polling unit, yet none has turned up to vote. He added that he's still hoping voters would show up before the exercise ends #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PUs 001, 002, 013, 014, Fegge Ward 2, Onitsha South LG.
Update: Voting is going on smoothly here. No BVAS hitches, no issues. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: Central School, Ward 01 and Ward 02, Amaezike Mgbakwu, Awka North LG.
Update: Several hours after the exercise commenced in other wards, voting materials are yet to arrive here. Voters are hoping the situation will change soon. #AnambraDecides2021
Update: Nkem Okeke, Anambra deputy governor, said he is impressed with the turnout of voters and the electoral process. #AnambraDecides2021
Location: PU 005, 006, 007, Fegge Ward 6, Onitsha South.
Update: It is 11:52am, and voting has not yet commenced. INEC officials arrived here at 8:30am and set up their election materials -- but BVAS is malfunctioning.
ANDY UBA SET TO VOTE
Location: PU15, Ward 16, Aguata LGA.
Update: Andy Uba, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, has arrived at his polling unit to cast his vote. #AnambraDecides2021
ALLEGED VOTE BUYING
Alleged vote-buying has been reported at PU 003, Ward 02, Onitsha North LG. Some of the electorate here alleged that vote-buying is going on discreetly. One political party is said to be offering N1000 per vote, while another is allegedly offering N2000.
Update: "The BVAS is making the exercise slow. The system identifies the voters but thumb-printing is the problem. You can see some people waiting to try again," the presiding officer
tells TheCable.
Mr Okechukwu, a visually impaired voter, said he is tired of waiting. "I have been sitting here since, but if I leave, I may not come back again," he said.
Update: Voting is in progress -- and so is vote-buying. The agents of one of the contesting parties are sharing N1000 and N500 to some voters while three police officers were also given N1000 each.
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