Elections 2019 Updates

February 23, 2019

Popular artiste, Banky W describes election as smooth, peaceful

Banky W to run for House of Reps.

Banky W to run for House of Reps.

Popular Artiste, Bankole Wellington, a.k.a Banky W, has described the election as smooth and peaceful.

Banky W

Wellington, candidate of Modern Democracy Party, contesting for the House of Representative, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of the state, voted at Polling unit 016, at the Lagos State Model school, Marwa, Lekki Phase 1, Eti-Osa Local Government Area of Lagos state.

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He said, however, that the process was stressful.

“Apart from the fact that voters arrived as early as 6:30am, voting did not begin until 11:00am and ended at 5:30 pm.

“However, I want to commend members of the community who conducted themselves in an orderly manner.

“The INEC officials arrived late at the venue, but we organised ourselves as a community and put in place a process that will make the exercise smooth. “

NAN reports that voting ended at PU 016 at 5:30pm while sorting and counting of ballot papers started at 6:00pm and was ongoing at the time of this report.

Counting of votes is still ongoing for the position he is seeking at the time of this report. (NAN)