BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja Presiding officers collating results at NIA AKASS Quarters Under tree, Federal Housing Estate Lugbe on Saturday. PHOTO BY CHIKA OKEKE. Labour Party (LP) has won the Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections conducted at NIA AKASS Quarters under tree, Federal Housing Estate, Lugbe, Abuja. The polling unit -code 192- with 750 voters is sited under the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) and registered as Local Government Area Code 06. Though accreditation and voting commenced simultaneously at 11. 27am due to late arrival of sensitive materials, but the exercise was conducted peacefully, devoid of rancour. BOblog reports that the voting, which ended at 5.30pm was partly disrupted by the downpour in the locality. In an interview with a senior citizen, Pa Micheal Okosie, he commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for introducing the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS). He was op...
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