Commercial vehicles and other motorists on Saturday defied the restriction of movement order by the Minister of Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike and the police, as they were going about their normal business.
Reports from the correspondents of the News Agency of
Nigeria (NAN) from some areas across the FCT indicated that commercial vehicle,
tricycle and motorcycle operators were busy picking residents from one area to
another.
At Airport Road, Jikwoyi, Nyanya, Kuje, Gwagwalade and some
parts of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), it was free vehicular movement,
as no barricade was seen around those areas.
However, on the Kubwa-Nyanya highway, security agents were
seen blocking the road with their trucks, forcing motorists to take one way as
they were trying to outsmart the military personnel.
Businesses were also closed in most parts of the FCT, as
most of the shops were under lock and key, while shop owners, laundry operators
and Point of Sales service providers, however, opened for business in some
parts of Airport Road.
As of 8:10 a.m., electoral materials were seen being moved
out of the Kuje central distribution centre at Science Primary School to the
various polling centres within the area council.
The polling units in Aleyita on Airport Road were also
deserted, with only a handful of security men on site, while INEC officials had
yet to arrive.
As of 8:26 a.m., only five voters had arrived at the centre
for the election, two of whom were political party agents.
One of the voters, Mr Andrew James, said he had been at the
polling unit as early as 7:00 a.m. to cast his vote but was disappointed that
no INEC official was on ground.
James said that for convenience, all six polling units in
the community were collapsed at LEA Primary School, Aleyita.
Voting had also yet to commence at the polling unit in Pilot
Science Primary School, Kwali, as of 8.33 a.m., while INEC officials were seen
briefing party agents on the guidelines for the election.
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