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Lagos: REC  News Update, Mr. Akin Orebiyii, the Lagos State
Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC)
of INEC, says voting will continue in
five Local Government Areas of the
state on Sunday. Orebiyii made the disclosure at a press
conference on Saturday night in
Lagos, while giving an update of the
presidential and national assembly
election in the state. He said that voting would continue on
Sunday in five council areas of
Alimosho, Oshodi-Isolo, Kosofe, Eti-
Osa and Somolu. “The commission advised that as a
result of the time lost in tackling the
challenges encountered with the
smart card readers at some voting
points, we should conclude the
exercise tomorrow (Sunday). “So, wherever it has not been
concluded, it will be rounded off
tomorrow. “We observe that the electoral process
will not be concluded in few polling
units across five local governments in
Lagos State. “The local governments are Alimosho,
Eti-Osa, Kosofe, Oshodi-Isolo, and
Somolu,’’ he said. Orebiyii said that the specific polling
units in the affected areas would be
announced in the early hours of
Sunday. According to him, there will be some
restriction of movement in the affected
areas but it will not affect religious
worship. He said that the accreditation would
hold from 10:00am to 2:00pm while
voting would commence at 2:30pm till
the last person duly accredited voted. NAN reports that some prospective
voters had difficulties with their
accreditation because of the
malfunctioning of smart card readers
in some units in the state. The challenge made the commission
resort to the use of electronic voter
register for accreditation in the state. This delay made voting to start late in
many polling units across the state.