BENIN (Sundiata Post) – Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are currently not on ground at the polling unit of PDP’s governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo.
Idinrio community in Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area is as calm and quiet as a graveyard.
A Channels Television correspondent on ground at the polling unit said there was no sign of INEC officials and other political party stakeholders.
Dr Ighodalo is expected to vote at Okaegben ward one, polling unit 3, located at Idrion vocational centre in Ewohimi, Edo Central Senatorial District.
A report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said that as at 9:26am voters gathered in clusters waiting for the arrival of INEC officials and materials at the polling unit.
Security personnel have also arrived waiting for INEC officials.
A source called by News Express around 10:00 a.m. said the early morning rain in the area might be responsible for the delay by INEC officials to arrive on time for duty. The rain was said to have started at 6:30 a.m.