INEC postpone governorship, house of assembly elections in 10 Lagos Polling Units

The governorship and house of assembly elections scheduled for this Saturday in 10 voting places in the state’s Victoria Garden City, Lekki region have been postponed by the independent national electoral commission.

Segun Agbaje, the Lagos State resident electoral commissioner for INEC, made this statement to media on Saturday at the VGC.

Members of the National Youth Service Corps who had been stationed in the region as temporary workers, according to Agbaje, were reluctant to approach the VGC estate since they claimed to have been kept captive during the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.

Agbaje claimed that the ad hoc staff had instead set up voting materials outside the estate, but the residents claimed that they were unable to vote because they did not feel comfortable and were worried about hoodlums invading and interfering with the election.

He claimed that the current security personnel were unable to handle the situation, therefore he and his crew had to go to the location.

“We have eight polling units here with 6,024 registered voters and out of which 5,624 people have their PVCs,” Agbaje stated.

He claimed that the current security personnel were unable to handle the situation, therefore he and his crew had to go to the location.

“Eight here (in the estate) and two outside,” he said.

“After due consultation and further directive from the national headquarters that we should remobilise here tomorrow (Sunday) morning by 8:30am to conduct the elections, by 8:30am tomorrow (Sunday) we will reconvene here.”

He claimed that the current security personnel were unable to handle the situation, therefore he and his crew had to go to the location.

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