Nigeria election updates

attahiru Jega  and Rotimi Amaechi

Rivers State, Nigeria: The Rivers state governor, Governor Rotimi Amaechi has called on INEC to cancel the election in his state. The governor while speaking to Sahara TV said that people in his state are not allowed to vote by the opposition party, the PDP. 

I have sent SMS to Attahiru Jega about the affairs of the state and also ask him while we don't have the result sheet in the polling booths, am yet to get a reply from him. I can't vote if the result sheet is not made available. The PDP has planned to write the election, which is not acceptable, Jonathan is trying to force himself into power, he should let people choose him if they want him, not force himself into power, Rotimi said.

                    attahiru Jega  and Rotimi Amaechi

When asked if the INEC building is on fire, the governor replied that he is yet to hear anything of such. He said maybe a local government INEC building and not the state building because he is yet to get an update.

When he was ased why he is not monitoring the election, Governor Amaechi said that the Brigadier general and the police might shoot him as they think he is causing trouble, so am careful. I am inside the governor house.

When the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega  was asked about the incident in Rivers state, he claimed that he got a report of the election violence from electorates and also election observers. He will look into this issue if the election results in this area will be cancelled or not.

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Otuoke, Bayelsa: As Nigerians vote their Presidential and senatorial candidates today, the Nigerian president was left with shock as he could not get accredited at the polling booth in Otuoke. The president who went to the polling booth with his wife this morning, Patience Jonathan.

According to reports on Channels Televison, the president went to the polling booth to get accredited, but to his shock, the president was not accredited by the PVC card reader. It was said that the president was shocked and told other electorates waiting to be accredited to not worry. He said everyone should try and get accredited before leaving the booth.

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Since the president could not use the PVC card reader to be accredited, INEC officials called Professor Jega on the phone immediately, some instructions were given to the INEC officials in Otuoke who used the PLAN B set aside for only special people with problems with their card readers. The registration was done manually.

The wife of the president was accredited without issues. 

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