Barely 10 minutes after voting started, President Muhammadu Buhari along with his wife Aisha, casted their votes at Sarkin Yara Ward A, Kofa Baru polling unit (03), Gidan Niyam in Daura local government area of Katsina state with the president unwilling to commit to the idea of losing.
The president and his wife arrived the polling unit in a densely populated area of Daura town by 8:00am and completed accreditation within minutes and proceeded to cast their votes in today’s presidential and national assembly elections.
Speaking to journalists immediately after casting his vote, the President said he was very hopeful that the elections would proceed accordingly but when he was asked if he would congratulate the winner should he lose, the president said, “ I will congratulate myself because I will win.”
Meanwhile, Atiku Abubakar, the main challenger in today’s presidential election under the PDP, is yet to arrive at Jimeta ward in Yola. Journalists have been told he would arrive by 9:00am.
However, Yemi Osinbajo, Nigeria’s vice president has been unable to cast his vote in today’s elections. BusinessDay gathered that in polling units around Lekki and Epe, INEC officials are yet to arrive.
This is worsened by the activities of soldiers denying election observers, journalists and other officials access to Lekki Toll gate to Ajah round about.
At the Vice president polling unit in Victoria Garden City, there was no INEC official and over 500 people were waiting.
