The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has announced the extension of voting time in areas where the election process commenced late in Edo State.
This was contained in a statement signed by INEC’s National Commissioner and Member, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna on Saturday, in Abuja.
Haruna said, monitoring of the ongoing election in the State indicates early commencement of polls in many Polling Units, while there are also reports of late commencement in some locations.
The Commission, however, assured that the election will continue in the affected areas until the last voter on the queue who arrived at the Polling Unit by 2.30pm has voted.
According to the Commission, this is to ensure that no voter is disenfranchised, in line with its Regulations and Guidelines.
The statement reads,
“The Commission continues to monitor the ongoing governorship election in Edo State from our situation room at the National Headquarters in Abuja.
“Our monitoring indicates early commencement of polls in many Polling Units, but there are also reports of late commencement in some locations.
“To ensure that no voter is disenfranchised, the Commission wishes to reiterate that, in line with our Regulations and Guidelines, voting will be extended wherever it commenced late and will continue until the last voter on the queue who arrived at the Polling Unit by 2.30pm has voted.
“Accordingly, we have drawn the attention of our office in Edo State to ensure that, where necessary, there is adequate power supply from our back-up electric generators in the affected Polling Units or Ward Collation Centres”.
