Live updates from Kogi and Bayelsa States respectively

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9:36 am

Accreditation ongoing at Abujabare unit, Anyigba, Kogi state

9:30am

Kogi poll: Accreditation commences at Ward A Lokoja peacefully

Accreditation at Ward A Polling Station, Growther/ Sabongari, Lokoja, was on at 8.35 a.m. when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the polling station.

Voters were seen checking their names on the register pasted on the walls of Growther Memorial College, Lokoja, while others lined up, orderly, to be accredited.

The exercise was peaceful and orderly.

Men and officers of the Nigeria Police, Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Customs Service, among other security outfits kept vigil to ensure maintenance of law and order.

09:20am

Musa Wada

9:36 am

Accreditation ongoing at Abujabare unit, Anyigba, Kogi state

9:30am

Kogi poll: Accreditation commences at Ward A Lokoja peacefully

Accreditation at Ward A Polling Station, Growther/ Sabongari, Lokoja, was on at 8.35 a.m. when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the polling station.

Voters were seen checking their names on the register pasted on the walls of Growther Memorial College, Lokoja, while others lined up, orderly, to be accredited.

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The exercise was peaceful and orderly.

Men and officers of the Nigeria Police, Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Customs Service, among other security outfits kept vigil to ensure maintenance of law and order.

09:20am

Musa Wada votes

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi has just voted.

According to him, the election has been peaceful so far.

09: 10 am

Voting yet to commence at Diri’s LGA

9:36 am

Accreditation ongoing at Abujabare unit, Anyigba, Kogi state

9:30am

Kogi poll: Accreditation commences at Ward A Lokoja peacefully

Accreditation at Ward A Polling Station, Growther/ Sabongari, Lokoja, was on at 8.35 a.m. when a correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) visited the polling station.

Voters were seen checking their names on the register pasted on the walls of Growther Memorial College, Lokoja, while others lined up, orderly, to be accredited.

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The exercise was peaceful and orderly.

Men and officers of the Nigeria Police, Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the Customs Service, among other security outfits kept vigil to ensure maintenance of law and order.

09:20am

Musa Wada votes

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi has just voted.

According to him, the election has been peaceful so far.

09: 10 am

Voting yet to commence at Diri’s LGA

Bayelsa: Voting is yet to commence at Sampou, Kolokuma LG the village of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Douye Diri.

The community is flooded and the electoral officials have been displaced.

They are still trying to set up.

09:01am

Bello casts his vote

Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Party (APC) and incumbent governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello has voted.

He voted at his Agasa, Okene LG polling unit, along side his wife at exactly 8.50am.

08:57am

Kogi: At Okoro Gbede Primary school, voting started at about 8.00am with the elderly taking the lead, while others line up patiently waiting for their turn.

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Security at the unit was relaxed as the voters conducted themselves in a peaceful manner.

However, some of the agents who were not comfortable with the polling officers folding the ballot papers before handing it over to the people, complained about it

08:49 am

Kogi: Early accreditation/voting in Okene, as voters were seen in orderly queue in areas of Kuroko in Okehi LGA of Kogi Central.

08: 39 am

Voting begins in Kogi

Voting has commenced in Kogi state.

There are more women present at the Okebukun central market polling units

Voters turned out in large number at the Okebukun central market and the two polling units in the primary school in the town.

When The Nation got to the polling unit at about 8.02am, the polling agents and security men were already on ground.


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The people were busy trying to identify their names on the list of registered voters pasted at the gate.


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