Moments after Vice-Presidential Candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Senator Kashim Shettima, left his polling unit as a result of the absence officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the electoral officials rushed down there but without ballot papers.
Not a single official was found at Kukawa polling unit (PU 021) in Lamisula Jabbamari, Maiduguri metropolis of Borno state when Shettima got there around 9:58am on Saturday.
Shettima, who was in company of the state governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, was said to have moved to Mafa – the country of home of the governor – where Zulum will cast his vote.
Accreditation was supposed to have commenced at 8:30am, yet voters waited for over an hour.
Voters at the polling unit lamented over the situation as they called on the INEC to deploy the materials on time.
“We have been here since 6:00am but no INEC official is present. We are surprised because it has never happened like this,” of the voters said.
However, the INEC officials arrived at exactly 10:42am and set up the equipment for voting to commence.
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