Rivers Re-run poll: Voters commend electoral exercise

OndoReporter | Rivers Re-run poll: Voters commend electoral exercise

Many voters in Saturday’s re-run legislative
poll in Rivers on Saturday commended the
electoral process, describing it as hitch-free.

Mr Dagogo Briggs, a 35-year-old teacher and
father of four, said the election was a radical
departure from the previous one held in 2015.
Briggs made the observation shortly after
casting his vote on Saturday at Unit 1 Ward 1
in Abonnema, Akuku-Toru Local Government of
Rivers.

`` The Card Reader Machine is working and it
recognised my PVC when it was my turn.
`` We did accreditation and voted almost
immediately and everything went on smoothly.
`` The situation is better than what happened
in 2015,” he said.

Voting commenced in some units in the area at
9.00 a.m.

At Unit 6, Ward 12, Port Harcourt Local
Government, Mr Chisom Nwuche, an APC
agent, said he was satisfied with the electoral
process.

`` As you can see, voting has commenced here.
It is accreditation and voting at the same
time.

`` It has made things much easier,” he said.
A PDP agent, Mr Ken Amadi, said he was
impressed with the conduct of the election.
Mr Chukwu Rollins, a 59-year-old businessman,
said the strategy deployed in the re-run poll
was better than that of the 2015 general
elections.

`` I did accreditation and voting at the same
time. We had no problem with the Card Reader
Machine. It has made the electoral process
here very smooth.

`` I suggest that in future elections, INEC
should adopt the same method to make its
work easier,” he said.

At Unit 5, Ward 15, Port Harcourt Local
Government, Mrs Grace Wobo, a 76- year-old
retired civil servant, expressed satisfaction
with security arrangement at the polling unit.
`` I am impressed with the security situation
here. INEC has also done well because the
process today is faster.

` There is no time wasting while you accredit
and vote, ”she said.

In Emohua Local Government, voting
commenced at 1.00 p.m. in some units at
Rumuji, Ibaa and Ogbakiri.

Voters conducted themselves in an orderly
manner while there was tight security.
DSP Ahmad Muhammad, the Public Relations
Officer of the state Police Command, said the
Force had not received any adverse report
suggesting violence or electoral malpractice