Nigerians gathered to vote on Sunday in a few parts of the country where technical and other glitches prevented a national election from taking place the previous day, even as vote-counting was underway in other places.
People wait for results during the counting process of Nigeria's presidential election, at a polling unit in Awka, Anambra state, Nigeria February 25, 2023. REUTERS/Temilade AdelajaYENAGOA, Nigeria, Feb 26 - Nigerians gathered to vote on Sunday in a few parts of the country where technical and other glitches prevented afrom taking place the previous day, even as vote-counting was underway in other places.
A Reuters reporter saw voters arriving at polling stations in Yenagoa city, which will open at 10 a.m. so electoral commission officials can complete Saturday's presidential and parliamentary election. "The whole process is an absolute mess," said Preye Iti, 60, a civil servant. "I waited from 8.30 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. yesterday. Now I'm back here at 8.30 again."
Voting was also expected to continue in some parts northeastern Borno state, where voting machines failed to work. The commission said late on Saturday that election would continue in several wards in Yenagoa, which lies in Nigeria's oil-producing south, and where there were cases of election officers and materials failing to turn up on Saturday.
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