Dozens of women from Ward 5 in Biogbolo community in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, protested alleged non-voting in the ward.
PREMIUM TIMES reported seeing a video showing women who carried placards with various inscriptions alleging that thugs employed by the All Progressives Congress “ensured that voting did not take place in the ward.”
The women who also held plastic mineral bottles chanted slogans of “we no go gree” in pidgin English, suggesting that they would not tolerate the situation.
In another ward, Channel Television reported that voters were chased away by thugs who took the voting materials with them, while journalist scampered for safety.
Also, at polling unit EC30 in Akali District, Etegwa area of Bayelsa State, residents alleged that votes were not counted before the voting was suspended.
