Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has said every Nigerian on queue will vote despite delays.
He said no matter how long it takes, everyone waiting before the close of voting at 2.30 pm will be allowed to vote.
While acknowledging that officials and materials arrived some polling units late, he said information from across the country indicate that the BVAS machines were functioning optimally.
He said an attack by suspected bandits in Alawa area of Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State delayed the deployment of men and materials to the area.
On the complaint by some parties that they could not find the tags for their agents, he said the commission allowed the parties to nominate their own agents and upload the names on a dedicated portal which they did.
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“We did not interact with them directly,” he said.
He said the agents’ tags were dispatched to the states and collected by the state chairmen of the parties.
Yakubu added that some of the parties failed to submit names of agents for some polling units.
He warned that the commission will not accept more than two accredited agents for collation of results.
The INEC chairman added that a situation where people quarrel over who is the authentic party agent during collation will not be accepted.
