#RiversRerun: Voting In Progress At Various Polling Unit In Rivers State
The Rivers legislative rerun polls have commenced peacefully in the state with a massive turnout of voters in Gokana Local Government Area of the state.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the exercise is being conducted in the three Senatorial districts for senatorial seats.
The rerun is also held in eight Federal Constituencies for the House of Representatives seats and 10 State Constituencies for state assembly seats.
In Bera Ward 16, Gokana LGA, the turnout was massive while the election materials arrived at 8.30 a.m.
NAN also reports that card readers are working well in all the 16 polling units of Bera Ward 16 in local government area visited.
The accreditation and voting started simultaneously at exactly 9.11a.m in all the units of Bera Ward 16.
READ: Statement By INEC On The National And State Assembly Rerun Elections
NAN further reports that all the polling units in the local government were organised at the Community Secondary School, Bera.
The agency reports that voters were coordinated but under the heavy presence of the security operatives.
All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance agents were seen in each of polling units in the Ward 16.
In March this year, INEC conducted legislative rerun elections in the different constituency in Rivers state after the cancellation some results in the 2015 general elections.
INEC had to again suspend and cancel the exercise in some constituency and polling units due what it described as violence and intimidation of election officials and voters by well-armed thugs and miscreants allegedly acting on behalf of some politicians, which marred the elections in some areas.
Attacks during the election witness fatalities, kidnappings, ballot snatching, diversion of officials and materials, amongst others, which necessitated its suspension in 8 Local Government Areas.
