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The most expected day of the recent period has finally come: March 28, the day of presidential elections.
Millions of Nigerians are to go to the polling units to cast their votes for the candidate who will lead the country for the next 4 years. Fourteen parties and presidential candidates are gunning for presidency.
The toughest competition will apparently take place between President Goodluck Jonathan, running on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, and Muhammadu Buhari, representing the All Progressives Congress. Both candidates yesterday arrived in their home towns for the historical event in the political life of Nigeria.
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Some Election Results Currently....
Akute: APC 10,700 PDP 900 Amuwo Odofin: APC 39; PDP 88 Alimosho: APC: 114; PDP 18 Akure Ondo ward 4: APC 234; PDP: 71 Oke Osun: APC 42; PDP 112 Iremo ward, Ife central Osun: APC 141 PDP 13 Oke Ode, Kwara: APC 80; PDP 5 Church bus stop alimosho: APC 1500; PDP 97 Sagba Akunbide: APC 79 PDP 50 Ifako Ijaye: APC 83 PDP 77 Sabo Yaba ward 9; APC 83 PDP 38 Ifako Gbagada: Starting 6:30pm Gwadalada: APC 143 PDP 53 Ifako Ijaye ward C 42: APC 57 PDP 40 Alaka Estate (lere): APC 93 PDP 53 Bishop kale (Lere): APC 128 PDP 99 Jigawa ward 4 Binikudi: APC 465 PDP 17 Oke Ijebu: APC 123 PDP 38 Holy trinity Lokoja (Kogi): APC 53 PDP 4 Awo hall OAU sport centre: APC 105 PDP 41 Unit 7 Saint mary primary sch Ifedore LG: APC 58 PDP 13 Cemetery by Jebba Ebute Metta East: APC 146 PDP 67 Obanikoro Unit, Ikoyi: APC 62 PDP 38 Gani Adams ward: APC 119 PDP 44 Onikolobo: APC 872 PDP 79 Ajose Adeogun, VI: APC 126 PDP 65 Balarabe Musa, lekki: APC 53 PDP 41 Ikoyi 2, parkview estate: APC 73 PDP 50 Obasanjo's ward: APC 100 PDP 26 Gowon Estate: APC 106 PDP 116 Bariga ward 64: APC 145 PDP 122 Unilag gate: APC 75 PDP 38 Gujugu, Jigawa state: APC 243 PDP 3 Croydon surrey: APC 200 PDP 107 Apapa Lg: APC 57 PDP 11 Rogo Bus stop, Ishaga: APC 614 PDP 43 Bauchi: APC 118 PDP 0 Atta frontage, Lokoja Kogi west: APC 345 PDP 38 Bauchi GRA: APC 431 PDP 43 Wuse Lingu crescent: APC 295 PDP 149 Essa ward B: APC 306 PDP 66 State Hospital Akure: APC 129 PDP 19 Old GRA maiduguri, front of govt house: APC 300 PDP 52 Ward 11, unit 2, Fagun, Ondo: APC 115 PDP 69 Gerald road, Ikoyi: APC 81 PDP 83 Buhari is leading in Imo, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, Osun & Lagos, courtesy,
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Ballot counting still on at Olatunji street Ojota as at 11 : 59pm 28th March via @SamuelOgundipe #Nigeriadecides
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11:58PM #NigeriaDecides at @ProfOsinbajo PU 240804033. Sorting of House of Reps ballots in progress. #SitRoom15
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#NigeriaDecides at @ProfOsinbajo's PU 240804033. Halleluyah! The final accredited men have voted! #SitRoom15
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Some Election Results Currently....
Akute: APC 10,700 PDP 900 Amuwo Odofin: APC 39; PDP 88 Alimosho: APC: 114; PDP 18 Akure Ondo ward 4: APC 234; PDP: 71 Oke Osun: APC 42; PDP 112 Iremo ward, Ife central Osun: APC 141 PDP 13 Oke Ode, Kwara: APC 80; PDP 5 Church bus stop alimosho: APC 1500; PDP 97 Sagba Akunbide: APC 79 PDP 50 Ifako Ijaye: APC 83 PDP 77 Sabo Yaba ward 9; APC 83 PDP 38 Ifako Gbagada: Starting 6:30pm Gwadalada: APC 143 PDP 53 Ifako Ijaye ward C 42: APC 57 PDP 40 Alaka Estate (lere): APC 93 PDP 53 Bishop kale (Lere): APC 128 PDP 99 Jigawa ward 4 Binikudi: APC 465 PDP 17 Oke Ijebu: APC 123 PDP 38 Holy trinity Lokoja (Kogi): APC 53 PDP 4 Awo hall OAU sport centre: APC 105 PDP 41 Unit 7 Saint mary primary sch Ifedore LG: APC 58 PDP 13 Cemetery by Jebba Ebute Metta East: APC 146 PDP 67 Obanikoro Unit, Ikoyi: APC 62 PDP 38 Gani Adams ward: APC 119 PDP 44 Onikolobo: APC 872 PDP 79 Ajose Adeogun, VI: APC 126 PDP 65 Balarabe Musa, lekki: APC 53 PDP 41 Ikoyi 2, parkview estate: APC 73 PDP 50 Obasanjo's ward: APC 100 PDP 26 Gowon Estate: APC 106 PDP 116 Bariga ward 64: APC 145 PDP 122 Unilag gate: APC 75 PDP 38 Gujugu, Jigawa state: APC 243 PDP 3 Croydon surrey: APC 200 PDP 107 Apapa Lg: APC 57 PDP 11 Rogo Bus stop, Ishaga: APC 614 PDP 43 Bauchi: APC 118 PDP 0 Atta frontage, Lokoja Kogi west: APC 345 PDP 38 Bauchi GRA: APC 431 PDP 43 Wuse Lingu crescent: APC 295 PDP 149 Essa ward B: APC 306 PDP 66 State Hospital Akure: APC 129 PDP 19 Old GRA maiduguri, front of govt house: APC 300 PDP 52 Ward 11, unit 2, Fagun, Ondo: APC 115 PDP 69 Gerald road, Ikoyi: APC 81 PDP 83 Buhari is leading in Imo, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, Osun & Lagos, courtesy,
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@inecnigeria Chairman Gives Interview #NTA Journalist http://www.naij.com/411638-inec-chairman-gives-interview-nta-journalist.html … #Nigeriadecides #Nigeria2015
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So, @tundefashola just came into the APC Situation Room to rally the troops. What a guy! #SitRoom15
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Voting continues at Gbagada polling unit, with lights from street's church (right) and mosque (left).#NigeriaDecides "
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So i asked and a loyal follower delivered the Facebook results to my mention.. Let me drop the #Nigeriadecides
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(Monitoring his votes) I will not accept polls cancellation – Buhari
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People watching over their votes like hungry Hawks as the counting is done at Northern Foreshore, Eti Osa #SitRoom15
20:12 Night-time voting is underway at various polling stations in Lagos.
19:54 APC supporter shot in Edo state has been brought to the hospital two hours later and is said by the Doctor’s to be in stable condition.
APC Supporter Shot in Edo
19:45 The head of the ECOWAS Election Monitoring Team to Nigeria, John Kuffour, has praised Nigerians for the large turnout for the general elections.
He said: “Nigeria is very strategic to West Africa and Africa in general, that is why the attention of the continent and the whole world is focused on this election.
“It is our hope that Nigeria will come out a winner. I commend the way and manner voters conducted themselves.’’
19:40 The incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan comes back to Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, after casting his vote at his hometown in Otueke, Bayels
19:02 BBC Journalist, Kelvin Brown, shared this picture of Buhari’s hometown as people still wait in line to cast their vote.
18:55 Reports coming in state that Governor Rotimi Amaechi (Rivers) had clashed with Army Brigade Commander due to his movement with his convoy.
Amaechi, who drove himself in a bullet-proof BMW jeep, turned and drove towards his family compound in Obima but was stopped by a detachment of troops led by the Commander of the 2nd Brigade, Nigeria Army, Bori Camp, Brigadier General Essien Essien.
A minor altercation ensued between Essien and the governor over the legality of Amaechi moving around with a convoy while election is going on.
Amaechi told the army boss the problem voters were encountering in the area and noted that as the governor of the state, he has the right to make sure that elections are conducted within the ambit of the law. “Brigade Commander, why are you mountings two road blocks near my father’s compound,” he said.
“Are you being sent by President Jonathan to kill me? I had told the world that President Jonathan is trying to kill me and I am saying it again.”
Essien denied being given any instruction to kill anybody and asked the governor to go back to his home and stop moving about.
“His Excellency, we have instructions not to allow people who are not duly accredited not to move around during the election,” Essien said.
18:52 Vice-President Namadi Sambo on Saturday made history, for the first time in his political life, when he delivered his polling unit to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
18:28 Youths in Kadunna state attempted to murder one alleged PDP thug who was said to have been taking Permanent Voters’ Cards of 150 women, according to one witness in the area.
18:24 Rivers state soldier alongside two other by standers killed as election turns bloody.
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Pa Umar Shehu asked me to inform @omojuwa that he should be counted too. He subscribed to the trend #IVotedGMB
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Voting still in progress. Army official helps this lady with baby #Nigeriadecides
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#NigeriaDecides Celebrity Edition - Ini Edo, Banky W, Mo Abudu, Kunle Afolayan, Mercy...
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“@AliGrema: A beautiful day in Abuja to partake in a beautiful act for our nation @ActionAidNG #Nigeriadecides ”
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U.S. Assistant Secretary Linda Thomas-Greenfield observing Nigeria’s elections in Abuja today,#MyVoteCounts
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CoolFM969 shared Nigeria Info 99.3's post.
Nigeria Info 99.3 added 4 new photos.
Still don't believe in democracy? This man was brought to the polling station from the hospital by nurses to cast his vote #NigeriaElects2015 #WePledgePeace
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At 5pm, votes are counted at Sunday Adigun PU, Alausa, Ikeja where Tinubu voted. Pic: Chris Agabi #NigeriaVotes
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Voters are anxiously waiting for the votes to be counted. Fadeyi polling unit, Oshinle, Ondo State. #Nigeriadecides
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Counting about to start at my polling station at Arobieke street agboyi ketu. Everybody is here..
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Sorting of casted ballots in progress at PO020, Bannex, Abuja @LeadershipNGA #MyVoteCounts
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#UPDATE"@84Emeka: @Gidi_Traffic counting of votes currently ongoing at Timothy Iwaya. #Nigeriadecides results shortly
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@omojuwa Frenzy caused as Voting materials just arrived at Unguwar Gano polling unit, Naibawa, Kano. #NigeriaDecides
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Gov Aliyu of Niger state casts his vote at his Umar Musa close polling unit in Minna #NigeriaVotes
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Donald Duke about to case his vote.
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#NigeriaDecides at @ProfOsinbajo's PU 240804033. Estate maintenance fixing lights. It's going to be a long night here
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“@thecableng: Sullivan Chime casting his vote at Udi/Agbudu ward in Udi local government area. Enugu #NigeriaDecides ”
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A step towards the journey begins, casting his vote.
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“@TonyOElumelu: Practising good citizenship today as I hope fellow Nigerians also made time to vote. #Nigeriadecides ”
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Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, at polling unit #VoteWisely
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Amaechi having a go at Brig. Essien at PH after refusing to be accredited in Ikwerre #Nigeriadecides #SitRoom15
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“@chrylifediora: PU26 Ward 7,Kosofe,accreditation suspended as Card readers fails #Nigeriadecides @Post_Nigeria ”
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Do not allow the rain deter you from voting. Use your umbrella, then use your thumb. #Nigeriadecides please retweet!
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Vice President Namadi Sambo casts his vote in Kaduna #NigeriaDecides #2015pictures
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RT @oyinto: Pple drenched in the rain, INEC officials keep changing the argmnt @ ward019 Jakande, ISOLO @Gidi_Traffic
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"@LeadershipNGA: Borno state Governor, Kashim Shettima, being accredited in his ward #MyVoteCounts "that look.
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"@GbengaGOLD: Cc @inecnigeria "@TriciaSiSng: PDP recharge cards being shared right on the queue. @ogundamisi ""
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Large turnout at IDPS camps in Borno, Yobe #NigeriansElect2015
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/large-turnout-at-idps-camps-in-borno-yobe/ …
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Counting of votes in Lagos
15:53 INEC tweets: “If the CR [card reader] can’t read your fingerprint but authenticates your PVC, an incident form will be filled and you’ll vote.”
15:49 Counting of votes has already started at Ward 009, police college, Ikeja (The Punch).
15:44 People waiting patiently for voting to commence at a polling unit in Port Harcourt, Rivers state.
Credits: @Premium Times
15:35 Like Plateau Governor Jang, Adamawa state Governor Bala Ngilari also encountered problems, as the card reader failed to capture the biometrics in Yola (PT).
15:33 One Ozemena Odeta was arrested at Ekawoke Ward in Ikwo LGA, Ebonyi state, while he was distributing PVCS allegedly snatched from the INEC staff during the last distribution exercise in the area (Vanguard).
15:22 GEJ briefs journalists after voting:
“I don’t think the issue of card readers is limited to my LGA, to Bayelsa state. It’s nationwide issue. When the card readers are not working, definitely we’ll take manual option.
“I don’t think it’s limited to PDP-controlled state.
“I’m not aware of violence in Enugu state. I called the governor, there were some vehicles that came from the north, someone suspected there was an IED.
“What happened in Gombe: you know the war against terrorism is still going on. There was some fighting between the soldiers and the terrorists, but this has nothing to do with elections.
“I voted for myself, and I voted for the PDP, just like in all the other elections.”
15: 14 Patience Jonathan right after her husband.
15:13 Goodluck Jonathan casts his vote.
Credits: snapshot from NTA video
15:05 APC asks the INEC to extend the time for accreditation and voting due to delays caused by technical issues (problems card readers).
The Saturday statement reads:
“The card reader is a novel tool in our elections and naturally there will be some initial hiccups. We understand that the delays were due to the failure to remove the protective films on the lenses of many card readers, the poor network of some of the sim cards in the machines and the effect of jamming devices on the card readers.”
14:53 Olusegun Obasanjo is done with voting!
Credits: Premium Times
14:50 Speaking about the problematic locations, Yemi Osinbajo, the APC vice presidential candidate, urged residents to remain calm by saying: “We need to be patient and don’t allow delays to discourage us from voting.” (Sahara Reporters)
Credits: @MrSleevesUp
14:30 Imad Mesdoua, Political Analyst at Africa Matters Limited, tweets that 3 deaths have been confirmed in Yobe state. The tragedy was said to have been caused by Boko Haram activities as the voters were going to the polling stations.
14:05 The Punch confirmed an explosion in Awka, Anambra state. The incident reportedly took place at Atom a polling unit at Umuokpara Primary School.
14:00 Naij.com readers from all over the country have been informing us that the accreditation has finished and voting has started (Ona-Ara local government and Oyo State, Abeokuta South LGA). In some other areas the accreditation process was extended (for example, Uyo, Oku).
13:35 Dire photo from the scene of Enugu explosion (Channels TV).
13:25 INEC website is back online.
13:17 Elections staff explain to US Ambassador to Nigeria James F. Entwistle and US assistant secretary of state Linda Thomas-Greenfield the malfunctioning card readers.
Credits: @geoffreyyork
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@ProfOsinbajo at his polling unit ready for accreditation. Have you been accredited?
#iVoted
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Accreditation of the Sultan of Sokoto
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Governor State of Osun, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola being accredited by
INEC official. #MyVoteCounts
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This photo of a 117-year old man getting accredited has gone viral.
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RT @funmiphillips: Pls help us oooo.... Card reader not working here and the inec officials are leaving @Gidi_Traffic
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#SitRoom15 RT @Pastoralist1: Female queues are longer. Kakara PU 009 Sardauna LG Taraba state.
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"@2015freeandfair: Some celebrities at their Polling Units for the election. Cc .@BankyW #Nigeria2015 .@Gidi_Traffic
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@omojuwa guy proposes to girlfriend at my polling unit.
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“@Naija_PR: Quote this with a selfie from your polling unit.. #NgPollingUnitSelfies”
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#Report: From Unit 006, ward 3 Opobo. Police arrest fake agent with fake result sheets and @inecnigeria register.
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Wole Soyinka being accredited " photo courtesy" @Gidi_Traffic #NigeriaDecides
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Internally Displaced People in Maiduguri in line for accreditation #Nigeriadecides Photo:Hamza Idris via @daily_trust
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#Nigeriadecides @Gidi_Traffic Bola Tinubu accredited in Lagos
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@inecnigeria worth trekking for over an hour from Lekki to Ikoyi. Accreditation done, waiting to vote. @toluogunlesi
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BREAKING! INEC official Website HACKED...See Hackers Reason http://dlvr.it/98WXMM
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A Nigerian woman about to validate her voting card using a fingerprint reader. (AP/Ben Curtis)
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Lagos State APC Governorship Candidate being Accredited.
Kowa Party presidential candidate @oluremisonaiya getting accredited. More pictures to follow.
Olusegun Obasanjo accredited at Ward 11, Unit 22 Totoro/Sokori, Abeokuta North http://www.naij.com/410808-presidential-election-nigeria-chooses-the-leader-today.html … #NigeriaDecides
11:05 Now for sure, GEJ gets accredited, Channels TV reports. Confirmed by Daily Trust. Says he will be back by 13:00 to cast his
10:45 Meanwhile Aisha gets successfully accredited in Daura
Credits: PT
10:35 BREAKING: Despite previous updates that Jonathan was accredited, the freshest news suggest that three voter card readers have yet failed to read President Goodluck Jonathan’s biometrics and accredit him.
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10:11 Soldiers reportedly barricaded the Abuja-Kuje road turning back journalists and observers heading to the town. A witness said even European Union observers were blocked at a military checkpoint at Dantata on the way to Kuje. One of the locked journalists said he has information that some ruling party politicians plot to rig in the town (Premium Times).
10:07 Speaking about accreditation problems, Jonathan said:
“I am not worried that CardReader did not work well we have to be patient with the INEC.”
10:00 Kaduna state governorship candidate Nasir El-Rufai heading to his polling unit to cast a vote.
Credits: @IamKevinJasper
9:55 ANOTHER explosion is said to have taken place in Anambra state. Luckily, no casualties. Details not clear.
9:44 @nkemifejika tweets: “Water & ‘omo’ recommended. Card reader friendlier to clean hands. Apparently.”
9:40 Finally, done! The accreditation process accreditation took at least 6 minutes at the card reader stage. Based on the social media mesages, it all went quicker with Buhari.
9:37 Seems like GEJ still can’t complete the accreditation. Why is that?
9:23 Goodluck and Patience Jonathan being accredited in Otuoke, Bayelsa state.
President Jonathan, the First Lady arrived at a polling unit around 9am. Snapshot from a video: ChannelsTV
9:20 BREAKING: A car bomb exploded at the WTC Primary School polling booth in Enugu North LGA at about 7:38 Saturday (The Advocate).
No casualty recorded. The experts dismantled the second bomb which was timed to explode during the voting and detonated it at 8:45. As shocking as it might be, there was a third device which detonated at 9:05. Screening in progress.
No casualty recorded. The experts dismantled the second bomb which was timed to explode during the voting and detonated it at 8:45. As shocking as it might be, there was a third device which detonated at 9:05. Screening in progress.
9:15 @shile_02holly posted a photo accompanied by the caption “Dis policemen just seized a PVC frm a man!”
9:05 A voter in wheelchair displays his voters card after completing his accreditation at Ido-Osi in Ifaki local government, Ekiti (PT).
Credits: Premium Times
8:45 Muhammadu Buhari, and his wife Aisha have been accredited in his hometown Daura, Katsina state.
Credits: @OmanoE
8:40 Nigerians report that accreditation successfully commences in polling units around 8:00. See the messages dropped from across Lagos. However, in some areas there area delays For example, at Iworoko Ekiti, Irepodun Ifelodun LGA, and in Oyi LGA, Anambra state, voters are waiting for the arrival of INEC officials and materials.
8:27 Another angle. One of the users, @codegidi, compares the road view with the “war zone”.
8:15 Oshodi-Apapa Expressway by Sanya b/s with no vehicular movement (7:11, reported by @ksa0510.
7:55 Wow! Google Doodle of the day celebrates the Nigerian elections. Check it out below:
7:43 @AriyoAristotle shares: “On Election Duty in Lagos. I can tell you that the security is very tight.”
7:30 Security agencies have embarked on various measures to ensure safe polls in the 36 states.
7:00 Many social media users are already tweeting that they have arrived at the polling units early morning. People are praying for peaceful polls and even wishing each other a happy voting. The issue of security is of top importance because of Boko Haram activities and the political violence in the past.
All set for voting in Omagwa/Rivers state. Credits: @chinonu
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