A combined team of security men have taken over the AKISEIC office in Oko Ita, Ibiono Ibom LGA, Akwa Ibom State, following an early hour attack on the facility by yet-to-be identified hoodlums.
Tribune Online reports that elections were held across the three senatorial districts of the state to elect LG chairmen and councillors in the 31 LGAs and 369 political Wards in the state.
The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Timfon John, who reacted to the situation, said a combined team of security operatives have taken offer the AKISIEC in Ibiono Ibom to ensure calm.
Our correspondent, who is monitored the election in the state, reports that election materials arrived very late in some areas of the state, especially units around Uyo, the State capital and environs.
As at 11am, materials were yet to arrive at most polling units, while voter apathy was evident.
At Unit 7, Ward 12 in Uyo Local Government Area, very few voters were seen in clusters.
This was the situation in most polling units visited, including Unit 2, Ward 10 in Itu Local Government and Unit 007, Ward 14 in Uyo Local Government areas of the state.
A People’s Democratic Party (PDP) agent, Rita Archibong, who spoke with our correspondent at Unit 001, Ward 14, Uyo, said accreditation had not started because election materials were yet to arrive.
She said, “We are still waiting for election materials from the AKISIEC office, so accreditation has not started.”
Our correspondent reports that as of the time of filing this report, AKISIEC had yet to make an official statement on the late arrival of materials at polling units.
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