The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that accreditation and voting for the State Assembly elections in Rivers supplementary polls are going on peacefully.
The Electoral Officers, Mr Davis Iluebbey and Mr Samuel Udezi, for Abua/Odual and Opobo/Nkoro Local Government Areas respectively confirmed this report to the newsmen on Saturday.
According to Iluebbey, there were little delays because of the heavy rain; electoral materials had been deployed to all the polling units slated for the election.
“In Abua/Odual, we have enough electoral materials, and the Presiding and Assistant Presiding Officers have left with their electoral materials to the polling units.
“There was heavy rain that delayed the process, but voting has started because accreditation and voting are going on simultaneously.
Iluebbey added that the Peoples Democratic Party and African Democratic Congress are the two leading political parties in the contest, but there are 14 political parties are on the ballot for the Abua/Odual State Constituency Assembly election.
“So far, the election is going on peacefully in all the 181 polling units of the 13 Wards in the LGA. The total number of registered voters in the LGA is 88, 561,” he said.
In Opobo/Nkoro LGA, the EO Udezi said that only 20 polling units in five Wards with 7,344 registered voters are affected in the state constituency supplementary election.
“We have no issue for now, we have deployed all the materials to the POs and we are even going round to supervise them.
“I am currently in Ward 7, Unit 18 and the accreditation and voting are going on peacefully for now,” he said.