There were impressive turnout of voters in some parts of Kwara on Saturday as voters besieged voting units to exercise their franchise in the rescheduled Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the turn out at the Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s ward, Agbaji Ajikobi at polling units 005, 006 and 021 was impressive.
However, there were late arrival of election materials making voters to be apprehensive.
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Saraki and his wife, Mrs Toyin Saraki, arrived at Òde Opobiyi 1, Ajikobi ward in Ilorin West Local Government Area to cast their votes amidst cheers and ovation by supporters and was able to cast his vote at exactly 10:10 a.m.
NAN also reports that card readers in some units were able to verify voters but could not authenticate.
In Omu-Aran, there were few cases of card readers malfunctioning which were latter rectified by INEC engineers.
Also in Ayedun, where the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representative candidate for Ekiti/Irepodun/Isin/Oke-ero federal constituency, Mr Dare Bankole hails from, there were cases of card reader verifying voters identity but could not authenticate.
One of the officials of INEC who pleaded animity, said the card readers failed authentication while other network hitches were recorded.
Some of the presiding officers who spoke to NAN in Omu-Aran, Ayedun, Ipetu, Erinmope among others, said that the they arrived at 7:00 a.m to commence the voting. (NAN)
