As Nigerians troop out to cast their votes in today’s general election, several celebrities and citizens have voiced concern over the non-arrival of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials and electoral materials at polling units around the country.
Actor and fitness enthusiast Kate Henshaw, who spoke through her official Twitter handle on Saturday, February 25, 2023, lamented her inability to cast her vote due to the absence of INEC officials at her polling unit in Lekki, Lagos.
“No @inecnigeria @ineclagos on the ground. It’s 8:30 am,” she tweeted.
No @inecnigeria @ineclagos on ground.
It's 8:30am— Kate Amaka Henshaw (@HenshawKate) February 25, 2023
A Twitter user, @iKingxTech from Amaukwu SQ Ogbaku in Mbaitolu LGA, Imo State, tweeted, “9:30 am and am yet to see INEC officials. Everywhere is just dry. Amaukwu SQ Ogbaku MBAITOLU LGA Imo State.”
9:30am and am yet to see INEC officials
Everywhere is just dryAmaukwu SQ Ogbaku MBAITOLU LGA Imo State#Presidentialelection #NigeriaElections2023 #PeterObiForPresident2023 pic.twitter.com/16FrH0Nyw2
— iKingxTech (@iKingxTech) February 25, 2023
Another Twitter user, @Spotlight_Abby, wrote From Abuja, “There’s currently NO Labour party polling unit agent at Utako Primary School 11, Abuja. While we wait, obidients here say they will stand strong.”
@NgLabour @valentineozigbo @balamiisaac @PeterObi
#NigeriaDecides2023 #NigeriaElections2023 #PeterObiForPresident2023
There's currently NO Labour party polling unit agent at Utako Primary School 11, Abuja. While we wait, obidients here say they will stand strong.@NgLabour @valentineozigbo @balamiisaac @PeterObi #NigeriaDecides2023#NigeriaElections2023#PeterObiForPresident2023 pic.twitter.com/x0tsZGhAJn
— Spotlight on #PeterObi #Obidatti023 (@Spotlight_Abby) February 25, 2023
Another Twitter user, Simon Okolonma, wrote, “Election day. This is 9:34 am, and nothing is happening yet. Regardless we are organized and ready till they come. No LP #PeterObiForPresident2023 #Presidentialelection”
Election day. This is 9:34 am and nothing is happening yet. regardless we are organized and ready till they come.
No LP #PeterObiForPresident2023 #Presidentialelection pic.twitter.com/dXCxYtMVn9
— Simon Okolonma (@okolonma) February 25, 2023
Nigeria holds federal elections today for the Presidency, Senate and Federal House of Representatives positions.
The presidential election is expected to be keenly contested between Labour Party’s Peter Obi, APC’s Bola Tinubu and PDP’s Atiku Abubakar, with a majority of Nigeria’s youth backing Obi’s candidacy.
Typically a two-horse race, Peter Obi’s emergence signals the first time a third-force candidate will Nigeria’s presidential election stand a realistic chance of winning Nigeria’s presidential election.
