FCT Decides: INEC Officials extend time as voters insist on voting

By Tolulope Dolapo Thomas

Published: February 12, 2022 | 4:49 PM GMT

Electorates at Polling Unit 003, Jikwoyi in the Karu area of AMAC cried out insistently that they must exercise their votes before the end of the process.

Although accreditation and casting of votes were supposed to end by 2:30 pm, some registered voters who had not cast their votes asserted that the electoral officers must attend to all persons in the queue.

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With chants of “we must vote”, the INEC officials had no choice but to allow them to vote till the last person on the line exercised their franchise.

Voice of Nigeria Correspondents also observed that some polling units were still attending to registered voters that had not voted.

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FCT Decides: INEC Officials extend time as voters insist on voting

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About Tolulope Dolapo Thomas

Tolulope Dolapo Thomas, BSc, is a Public Health Educator and Broadcast Journalist with extensive experience in radio and television. She specializes in Health Promotion, Sexual and Reproductive/Fertility Health, and Environmental Health. Certified in CPR and First Aid, Tolulope is passionate about empowering women through evidence-based public health education, fertility awareness, and community sensitization. She is currently pursuing an MSc in Public Health and is the founder of Everywoman Health by TD, a women-focused health platform dedicated to providing accurate, accessible, and trustworthy guidance for women at every stage of life.