Some voters, who turned up to vote in ?Saturday’s Kebbi re-run governorship election without their voters’ cards were accredited to vote in some parts of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ?in Birnin Kebbi, Zagga and Suru areas, some party agents and security personnel, who initially opposed ?the idea, had to succumb to pressure. ?
The opponents of the idea succumbed to pressure on the ?insistence of those willing to vote, whose attitude began to ?generate tension and confusion around some voting centres.
Political party agents in some of the polling units ?held ?meetings and resolved to allow the voters to participate in the election.
A ?presiding officer in Zagga Primary School, Suru, Mr??Aule Aminu, and a security officer, who preferred not to be named, told NAN that they abandoned their initial objection since the agents had agreed to allow the voters to cast their votes. ?
“The agents had resolved that voters, whose pictures were captured in the master list should be allowed to vote,’’ the INEC official ?told NAN.
NAN reports that the decision to allow the voters to exercise their right calmed the situation and restored peace to the voting centres. ?(NAN)