Edo 2024: Residents troop out to vote under heavy downpour
by Hassan Muaz · The Eagle OnlineResidents of Benin, the Edo State capital, on Saturday trooped out in their numbers to cast their votes defying the heavy rain in the ongoing governorship election in the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the election is to elect a successor to Governor Godwin Obaseki, whose tenure expires in November.
At the Eresonye Primary School Ward 12 in Ovia North Local Government Area, near Benin, voters filed out in their numbers not minding the rains in order to exercise their electoral franchise.
NAN reports that although the process has been peaceful, there was an unusual absence of security personnel in the area.
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Some of the voters who spoke with NAN commended the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission for the timely arrival of election materials and early commencement of accreditation and voting.
At Oredo Ward 11, police personnel at the gate refused journalists entrance to monitor the process even after they had presented their INEC accreditation tag and official identity card showing they had been cleared to cover the election.
Similarly at Itohan Grammar School Ward on Sakponba Road in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area, voters were seen in their numbers exercising their electoral responsibilities even with the rains falling heavily.
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