There are 84 voting polling centres with about 55,000 voters, who are affected.

The polling officials and security men as at noon were still camped at the Registration Area Centre.

VANGUARD gathered that the political party agents upon the realization of the shortage of ballot papers agreed to demobilise until the issue is resolved.

An official of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC told VANGUARD that the Electoral Officer in charge had gone to the Yaba office of INEC to work out how to resolve the issue.