VOTERS at Polling Unit (PU) 003 in Bwari have alleged that some party agents are offering money in exchange of votes.
A voter at the polling unit who only gave her name as Perpetual told The ICIR that voters were asked to snap ballot papers with their phones after voting as evidence in exchange of N5000.
“So far, I have only seen one man quietly telling people to vote for PDP and snap it. I have not seen any other person,” she said.
Meanwhile voters at the Life Camp area of the city have grumbled over what they described as an abuse of the senior citizens’ privilege which allows elderly voters cast votes without joining queues.
They claimed that officials of the Independent National Electioral Commission (INEC) and security personnel were allowing younger voters jump the queue under the guise of attending to senior citizens.
“Even people that are not up to 60 are going before us to vote. Senior citizen doesn’t apply to just anybody. A white beard doesn’t mean you are old,” a female voter yelled bitterly PU 002.
The ICIR spotted a number of older citizens at several polling units in Life Camp and Bwari, many of who arrived to vote carrying chairs from their homes.
Ijeoma Opara is a journalist with The ICIR. Reach her via vopara@icirnigeria.org or @ije_le on Twitter.