A relatively large number of
voters turned out Saturday as voting began in the Kogi West Supplementary poll.
Voters and INEC Staff started
arriving polling Units as early as 7:30 am in some of the centres.
Simultaneous accreditation and
Voting started at 8:15 at Inuwa Lenge Open Space PU 04 in Lokoja.
A team of Policemen was also on
ground to keep the peace.
Mallam Bala a 60-year-old farmer
after casting his vote, expressed satisfaction with the exercise and hoped it
would not be “scattered again.’
“I am happy with the way it is
going. No crisis. No fighting. They should just let us vote and they count it.
We don’t need to fight. I am happy with the way we are calm,” said.
The Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC declared as inconclusive the Nov 16 Kogi West
Senatorial Rerun when the margin of lead between Sen. Smart Adeyemi of the All
Progressives Congress, APC and Sen. Dino Melaiye of the People’s Democratic
Party, PDP was less than the number of outstanding votes.
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