Today November 21, 2015 Kogi State gubernatorial election and it is just a matter of hours before the entire people of the state decide who governs them for the next four years. With the aggressive campaigns embarked upon by the major parties in the race, it has gradually begun to expose the strengths and weakness of the
parties in each of the zones across the state.

Although 22 political parties have been recognised by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to participate in the battle for the Lord Lugard House as the Government House is called, only four parties have so far shown considerable desire to be taken seriously for the
election. They are the PDP, whose candidate is the incumbent, Captain Idris Wada from Dekina Local government Area in the Eastern Senatorial zone of the state; Abubakar Audu of the APC, from Ofu LGA also in the Eastern flank of the state while the candidate of the Labour Party, Mr. Philip Omeiza Salawu is from Ihima in Okehi LGA and his kinsman Enesie Emmanuel Ozigi of the PPA, is an Okene man from the Central flank of the state.

Election update! Distribution of kits and electoral materials started about 7:20 a.m. at INEC headquarters on Marine road. V DCehicles carrying electoral personnel are moving to different local government areas.
As observed by Situation Room the previous day, there are indications that welfare of security personnel deployed is not properly taken care of. Two of the police officers deployed to Dekina LGA, Idris Wada's LGA, were complaining over poor welfare.
"Oga you say make we go but nothing for bele?" one of the officers asked INEC staff leading the team to Dekina.

09.33 Card Reader Malfunction
Barely an hour into the accreditation exercise in the Kogi governorship election, some card reader machines have started malfunctioning.
At Polling Unit 015, Ward A in Lokoja, the electoral officers are having a hard task as one of the card readers won't recognize finger prints.
The Presiding Officer had put a call through to the operation room for a replacement.

But voters on queue were restless for a while but officials efforts to calm frayed nerves paid off. Accreditation however went on slowly.
At Polling unit 012, ward A, card readers are selecting the fingers they would identity making the process slow. The problem of finger print recognition is widespread, and the affected persons had to fill the incident forms.

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