Low voter turnout, late arrival and absence of electoral materials and officers marred the conduct of the Edo State Local Government elections into the 18 councils and 192 wards of the state.
DAILY POST reports that the election is being conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, EDSIEC.
Asides the late arrival of electoral materials and low voter turnout, only agents of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were present at all the polling centres visited.
A visit to several voting centres in Oredo and Egor Local Government Areas showed the absence of electoral officers and materials.
As of 10:30 a.m., electoral officers and materials were yet to arrive at the UNICAF Group of Schools in Ugbiyokho by Powerline Bus Stop in Egor Local Government Area.
No eligible voter was seen around the centre except two female officers of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
There were also no voters at a polling unit located at Asoro Slope along Ekenwa Road.
At the former Garrick Memorial School, the designated EDSIEC Registration Area Centre for Ward 1, Oredo Local Government Area, only a few voters were seen as of 10:30 a.m.
At Units 46 and 47 of the same ward, located at Oba Market and Yanga Fish Market, electoral officers arrived with voting materials at about 11:45 a.m., while no voter was in sight.
Also, a few voters were present at Units 19 to 47 in Ward 12, as well as at a polling
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