Land borders closed and vehicular movement restricted: Nigeria prepares for presidential elections with 18 candidates
The Nigerian government has closed all land borders and restricted vehicular movement in preparation for the presidential and national assembly elections on Saturday, which involve 18 presidential candidates.
The closure of the borders and the ban on vehicular movement from 12 am to 6 pm on Saturday, except for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), electoral observers, ambulances, firefighters and others on confirmed emergency services, is to ensure a hitch-free election.
INEC has started moving all sensitive materials for the Saturday polls to the 774 local government areas. These materials include the Bi-Modal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) machine, ballot papers, result sheets, among others. I
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NEC has warned politicians to be wary of social media posts after voting, prior to the official declaration of results.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has also ordered broadcasting stations across the nation to desist from announcing election results until the INEC makes a formal announcement. The NBC also encouraged all broadcasters to adhere to the ethics and codes of the commission by prohibiting commercials on its facilities 24 hours before election day and on election day.
Nigeria has 93.5 million registered voters, and there are 176,606 polling units across the country. The frontrunners for the presidential election are Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), and Peter Obi.
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