APC primaries delayed across Lagos over late arrival of materials

Late accomplishment of electoral materials and officials on Saturday disrupted the creaseless commencement of the All Progressives Congress, APC, House of Representatives primaries successful parts of Oshodi/Isolo and Surulere areas of Lagos State, forcing enactment members to hold for respective hours earlier accreditation and voting could begin.

In respective affected wards, enactment faithful gathered aboriginal astatine polling centres but were near stranded arsenic the workout failed to commence astatine the scheduled time.

At Ejigbo Ward F5 and Isolo Ward F1 successful Oshodi-Isolo Federal Constituency, accreditation and voting experienced important delays contempt the ample turnout recorded astatine the venues.

As of 11:30 a.m., voting had yet to statesman astatine Ward F5 successful Ejigbo, portion the process was inactive stalled astatine Ward F1 successful Isolo by 12:20 p.m.

One of the enactment members astatine Ward F, Salau Samson, expressed vexation implicit the delay, saying helium had go discouraged aft waiting for hours without immoderate progress.

“I americium exhausted. I person been present since greeting and thing is happening yet. I mean this is 1 p.m. and thing yet. How does 1 explicate this,” helium said.

According to him, respective members had already near the venue angrily owed to the prolonged delay.

Speaking connected the situation, Olanrewaju Akinbowale, Director-General of 1 of the aspirants, said the workout was primitively expected to commence by 8:00 a.m.

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