Page 9 - Polling Unit News Today

Widespread voter inducement and electoral violence were recorded in the governorship elections in Kogi, Imo and Bayelsa states yestyerday.

The governorship election that held in Bayelsa State on Saturday was marred by of violence which were reported in some parts of the state. Reports

Transitional Monitoring Group (TMG) on Saturday commended Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and all the security agencies for exhibiting

Scores of members of the Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday stormed the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital to demand the cancellation of Saturday’s election in some areas. Off-season governorship elections were held in Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states on Saturday; however, they were marred by violence, vote-buying and other irregularities. The PDP protesters called for the outright cancellation of results from areas where elections d...

Thugs reportedly loyal to Timipre Sylva, the All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Saturday’s election in Bayelsa State have killed a member of the Peoples Democratic Party. Sylva is a former governor of the state and ex-Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. SaharaReporters learnt that thugs allegedly working for the APC killed the youth identified as Berepelenyo George Sibo, at the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Twon-Brass, headquarters of Brass Local G...

The Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Kogi State Governorship Election, DIG Habu Sani, has ordered that on no account should security personnel attached to Very Important Personalities, political and public officers escort their principals during the period of restrictions of vehicular movement. The order was contained in a statement by the Kogi Police Command Spokesman, SP William Aya which was made available to journalists in Lokoja on Friday evening.

A civil society organisation, YIAGA Africa, raised alarm on Saturday morning, over the discovery of election results from a polling unit in Kogi State

Palpable tension engulfed Ikenegbu Girls area of Imo State as the Labour Party protested at the Polling Unit, revealing that the Polling Unit officers trained

At 9:44 a.m., the CSO uploaded a photo of another alleged pre-filled result sheet for Polling Unit 020, Eika/Ohizenyi, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State.

Sixteen political parties are participating in this off-cycle election, including the incumbent Mr Diri who seeks a second and...