An Ad-hoc INEC Official displaying the empty ballot box before the voters shortly before the commencement of voting at Amarata poling unity during the Governorship election in Yenegoa Bayelsa State.
Voters searching for their names on the voter’s list during the Governorship election in Yenegoa Bayelsa State
The INEC Presiding officer for Amarata polling unit 6 Eno Akpan (l) addressing the party agents before the commencement of voting in Yenegoa Bayelsa State
Former President Goodluck Jonathan exercising his franchise at Unit 39, Ward 13 Ogbia Local Government during the Governorship Election in Bayelsa.
80-year-old woman waiting to vote at Okene LGA under the scourging sun to vote for Candidate
There is heavy security presence across Bayelsa state as residents of the state filed out to the various polling units to participate in the governorship election.
Armed soldiers with their Armoured Personnel Carriers APCs are stationed in and around strategic points in the state including interstate boundaries.
Biseni community is largely flooded, a development which forced officials to relocate some PUs to dey land.
In Toru-Orua in Sagbama council area, where Gov. Seriake Dickson hails from, the effect of River Forcados can be felt as it has overflown. Many PUs relocated to dry land. As at 10 am, the governor had not voted in his Toru-Orua unit 5 Sagbama Ward.
Governor Seriake requested that the voting in Nembe be cancelled due to killings and violence on members of other party members by the APC.
Voting commenced at about 8 am and is ongoing in the famous town of Odi in Kolokuma/Opokuma LGA.
Large turnout of voters in Ogbia LGA, Bayelsa State. Voting going on peacefully.
Boat carrying some journalists reportedly capsizes but they were all rescued.
Local journalists here in Yenegoa say entire ballots cast in a ward in Yenizue- gene was thrown into a nearby river by thugs, they shot to disperse voters, snatched the boxes and emptied them into the river.
