Admin l Saturday, March 18, 2023
VGC, Lekki, Lagos – The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has said it will hold the governorship and house of assembly election at the Victoria Garden City, VGC tomorrow Sunday.
The election is holding in VGC because it could not hold today, Saturday following refusal of INEC adhoc staff to come to the area to hold the election.
Resident Electoral Commissioner for Lagos, Mr. Segun Agbaje said the election were postponed in 10 polling units in the Victoria Garden City (VGC) around the Lekki area of the state.
He said corps members deployed as ad hoc staff on Saturday were hesitant to enter the VGC estate as they alleged that they were held hostage in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Agbaje said the commission’s ad hoc staff set up voting materials in front of the estate on Saturday but that the estate residents claimed that hoodlums might disrupt the process, so they did not feel secure and could not cast their votes.
He said the situation was difficult for security agents to contain hence he and his team had to come to the area.
“We have eight polling units here with 6,024 registered voters and out of which 5,624 people have their PVCs,” he stated, adding that two other polling units at the estate’s main gate were also affected.
“Eight here (in the estate) and two outside. After due consultation and further directive from the national headquarters that we should remobilise here tomorrow (Sunday) morning by 08:30am to conduct the elections. By 08:30am tomorrow (Sunday), we will reconvene here”, he said.
Agbaje said the chairman of the security committee of the estate had assured the commission of the safety of corps members and INEC staff as well as the safety of voters. Some of the polling units affected include PU 032,033, 119 -124.
