People turned out en masse – Chief Olorunfunmi Bashorun, Ikorodu-Igbogbo

“People turned out en masse.  In my unit, about 800 voters had been accredited and ready to vote before the announcement.

Bashorun

Apart from late arrival of personnel and material to various polling units, it was peaceful.  We still have to mobilise our people to come out to vote and I sure they will still turn out. Nigerians are very patient people.”

Error on my bio-data — Segun Ekiyoyo, Ijagba, Ibefun, Ogun state

“In my area, a lot of people complained that they could not find their names.  Those who found theirs  were rippled with error on their bio-data.  Like me, I found my name I was accredited but the age on the list was 94 years. How could I be that age.  I was born in April 16, 1968 which makes it 43 years.

Segun

At that point there was nothing they could do, I was so accredited.  On security, there was no policeman on duty.  They only came about 3:30pm after we heard the announcement.  I supposed they came to ensure that the INEC staff and material were safe should there be violence as a result of the announcement.”

My name was not found on INEC list — Omotola Odushoga, Ipakodo

“People had gathered in my unit as early as 8am but they did not come until 11:30am. When they eventually came, it was tug of war as many people did not see their names on the list including my name.

Omotola

We waited for another two hours hoping there will be hope before the announcement came. Meanwhile my sister had called me that she had voted in her own unit in Oyo.

Again, for those few who found their names on the list, there were allegation of bribery by some party agents to curry their votes with some money. “

I waited for four hours — Toyin Ajekigbe, Papalantoro

“I was at the polling unit as early as 8am since they said accreditation would start by that time, but I was surprised to meet a lot of people there already waiting. People actually turned out to vote as remote as the area was. The officials did not come until 12noon.

Toyin

They met us there, although some people had gone. Not quite long they came, they had hardly accredited about 10 people when they stopped and told us to go that the exercise had been cancelled.  We initially did not believe them, we thought that was another ploy to rig the election.  There were serious argument as to the authenticity of the news until somebody pulled a call across to some other area and confirmed to us that it was true.  We had only one policeman in that unit.”

My wife’s name was missing —Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, VI

“With all the preparation, and resources sunk in it, I cant really believe it will this bad. There were errors and omission on the list. My  wife who had registered with me could not be accredited.  I just don’t know what went wrong. But I hope they rectify all these errors before the new date.”

I was the next person to vote before the postponement – Chief Ebenezer Babatope, Ilesha

“In my town in Ilesha voting had already commenced. I was the next person to cast my vote when the announcement came that the election had been postponed.  At that point, my confidence was badly hit, but let us give them another chance.  The resolved of Nigerians to elect their leaders is unshakable and with that I believe they will still troop out again en masse”

No police on duty but it was a peaceful exercise — Akanni Balogun, Ikorodu

“We were pained by the cancellation.  We came out while some people held back because they thought there would be violence.  In my unit there was no policeman but it was peaceful.  Even in other parts of the state, there was no case of violence, that alone was encouraging.  It takes an order for government to do something and it is done.  After God, it is government.

That was why they were able to get away with it.  On the INEC staff, they were courteous and ensured that everything went alright before the announcement came.  Some of them were disappointed by the postponement, but I know it will get better by Saturday.”