Jos resident relocates to polling unit 2 days to election

Abubakar Shettima, a resident of Duala in Dogon Dutse, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State has relocated to his polling unit at Dogon Agogo where he is already queuing up ahead of tomorrow’s presidential election.

Shettima, 59, said he wanted to be the first person to cast his vote for his preferred candidate.

Having left his home on Wednesday morning, Shettima said he had already spent a night at his polling unit and would be there to exercise his franchise tomorrow.

“I have already sent my wife to Borno State, she left this morning (Thursday) to exercise her franchise while I have three children who are of age to vote,” he said.

“Two of them are in Jos and would vote on Saturday while the other is married in Maiduguri,” he said.

Sitting on his prayer mat spread across the elevated platform of a residence where the names and pictures of eligible voters had been pasted, Shettima held tight a copy of the holy Qur’an while his PVC was tucked in his pocket.

“I want to vote for the man that set me free after I was arrested over alleged ties with Boko Haram,” he said.