Non availability of ink for thumb-printing and ballot paper stamping delayed accreditation and voting for over four hours in some polling units in Ogwashi-Uku, Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.
As at 12 noon, the exercise had yet to commence in Ward 3 Ogwashi-Uku where an INEC ad hoc staff, who gave her name simply as Juliet, said there was no ink for stamping of result sheets and thumb-printing.
“We arrived here at about 8:55 am, but could not commence accreditation and voting due to unavailability of ink for stamping of result sheets and thumb-printing.
“We have sent a message to our supervisor, but did not get immediate response and that is why the voters are complaining.
“However, we made efforts on our own and that is why we are starting late,” she said. Read more