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Pipo of Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa state don decide who go govern dem for di next four years.
Victor Ezeama and Helen Oyibo
Di Imo state PDP govnorship candidate Samuel Anyanwu don cast im vote for Amaimo Central School polling unit for Ikeduru Local Government Area.
Wen e address tori pipo, Anyanwu say dem hear gunshot for im polling unit.
E tok say any wia wey violence dey for di election, make Inec ensure say di votes no count.
Election still dey go on for Imo State wey dey among di states where pipo dey currently elect who go lead dem for di next four years.
Some polling units wey BBC News Pidgin visit experience low voter turnout.
“Make una come for accreditation oh,” one of di officials of di Independent National Electoral Commission (Inec) tok as pipo no dey around to vote.
Dis na fotos of how pipo cast dia votes for di state.
Di Independent National Electoral Commission INEC say dia senior officials don begin investigate one alleged electoral magomago for Ogori/Mangogo area of Kogi state.
Di kontri electoral body for inside statement tok dis one afta reports allege say dia staff dey present result sheets wey dem don already fill.
“Our attention de drawn to report say dem discover filled result sheets for some polling units for Kogi state.” INEC tok.
Di govnorship candidate of di Peoples Democratic Party for Kogi state, Dino Melaye bin raise alarm and allege say voting no dey go on for Ogori Magogo area of di state sake of say electoral officers for di area don dey compromised.
Dis na afta one civil society organisation for Nigeria bin ask di electoral body to investigate di forged election results from some polling unit wey dey circulate for Kogi state.
YIAGA Africa say dem receive report of results sheets wey dem don fill for PU 004, Eni Ward of Ogori/magongo area for di north central state.
YIAGA sharpely tell di election office to address di mata so dat mago- mago no go dey for di election process.
Dem post photo of di result sheet wey show say di ruling All Progressive congress party get 200 votes out of di 207 valid votes for dat unit.
Di commission for dia response say dem dey view di situation seriously and dem go communicate dia decision soonest.
18 candidates dey contest for di govnorship election, di top three candidates for di race na PDP Dino Melaye, APC Ahmed Usman-Ododo and SDP Murtala Ajaka.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan don call on di National Assembly to stop off-season elections for Nigeria.
Jonathan tok dis one after e cast im vote for di ongoing governorship election for Otuoke, Ogba LGA Bayelsa State.
E say off-season election no be best global practice amd di National Assembly must do something about am so dat evri State for Nigeria go do election at do same time.
"If we continue wit dis trend of off-season election based on di interpretation of our laws by di Judicial officers, e go come to a time Na so e tok wen even di Presidential election maybe season."
Di former Nigerian leader urge citizens for states wia govnorship elections dey hold to dey lawful as dem dey carry out dia civic duties.
Govnorship candidate of di Peoples Democratic Party for Kogi state, Dino Melaye don allege say voting no dey go on for Ogori Mangogo area of di state sake of say electoral officers for di area don dey compromised.
Oga Dino for one video e post on Twitter account allege say INEC staff no gree show agents result sheet and di results sheet don dey tampered wit as dem don already feel am.
E claim say protest dey go on for di area and pipo no gree do accreditation and vote sake of di magomago.
E say make all im agents across di state no vote and accredit if dem no see clean result sheet before di accreditation start.
To support im claim, Yiaga Africa, one ogbonge Non-Government Organization wey dey shook body for election mata, say dem don receive report of pre-filled result sheet fpr Polling Unit 004, Eni Ward for Ogori/Mangogo for Kogi state.
Dem ask di kontri electoral body, INEC to torchlight di mata.
One of di election observers for di Imo State govnorship election Faith Nwadishi tok say wetin dem don observe so far na voter apathy and peaceful atmosphere.
Di observer wey come from Transparency Advocacy say dem observe say pipo no too come out to vote sake of some reasons.
Nwadishi tok say one of di polling units for Ikenegbu Girls Secondary School na di third polling units wey dem don visit and wetin dem observe be say na few pipo dey come out to vote.
"Dis na sake of di kain speeches, violence before di election," she tok.
According to Nwadishi, security officials dey go about dia duties for di election and evri wia dey peaceful.
Bayelsa state govnor, Douye Diri don cast im vote for im polling unit for Kolokuma Opokuma local goment area of di state.
E cast im vote around 8.30 am on Saturday, 11 Nivember.
Govnor Diri na di first govnor wey go cast im vote for di govnorship election wey dey hold for Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi states.
64-year-old Sen Douye Diri of di Peoples Democratic Party PDP na di Governor of Bayelsa State wey dey seek a second term in office.
Diri hail di Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC say im di exercise for im polling unit dey smooth.
“Dis na improvement for all elections I don do. E dey very smooth and very fast. INEC don improve on dia processes and training of dia staff,” di govnor tok.
Di govnor however tok say e too early for am to comment on wetin dey happun for oda parts of di state wey di exercise dey gpo on.
E also raise alarm say dem no dey allow members of im party, di Peoples Democratic Party PDP to go dia polling units go vote for Nembe Basambiri area.
E say dem must allow PDP members vote for Nembe Basambiri wit BIVAS during dielection process.
Govnor Diri say im don already informate electoral body chairmo of di situtation for Nembe Basambri.
Independent National Electoral Commission don deny tori wey dey fly up and down say dem remove di password from some local goment supervisors for Imo state to upload result.
Inec tok say dem no withdraw di passwords for di supervisors for APO1s.
Dem say according to law na di presiding offers dey responsible to upload results for IReV, no be APO1s.
INEC add say dem don release all di password to di right officials.
Residents for Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa dem vote on Saturday November 11 to elect govnors wey go rule dem for di next four years.
Low voter turn out dey for Ikenegbu Girls Secondary I, Polling unit 001 and one of di voters wey follow BBC News Pidgin tok say na sake of say pipo dey vex.
Ifeanyichukwu Iwu say pipo of di state dey vex say light and water no dey for di state and na why some of dem no come out to vote.
Iwu also tok say di heavy security presence dey fear di pipo instead of giving dem confidence to come out to vote.
E say for di last govnorship election for di state, na ova 300 pipo dey queue to vote.
Heavy security presence dey for Lokoja di Kogi state capital, as residents dey go dia polling units.
Even though the streets dey calm, BBC perceive tension and hostility for di capital.
Major roads and streets of Yenagoa di Bayelsa State capital dey free as pipo dey observe di no movement order wey Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun give for di three States wia di off-cycle elections dey hold.
Security agencies dey strategically located for most streets and junctions to enforce di no movement order and na only those on essential and election duty wey dey duly accredited dem dey allow pass.
Distribution of election materials from Registration Areas to di polling units suppose dey go on now
Governorship election go hold for Bayelsa State dis morning for all di 2244 polling units for di off-cycle governorship election wey Independent National Electoral Commission go conduct for three states.
But Inec don confam di abduction of a Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO) assigned to Registration Area – 06 (Ossioma) for Sagbama local goment area of di State late Friday 10 November 2023 as dem dey distribute sensitive materials to Registration Areas for di eight LGAs of di State.
For statement wey di Inec head of voter education and publicity, Wilfred Ifogah sign, say dem kidnap di SPO, wey dem no give im name as e dey wait to board a boat to im area of assignment for Amassoma Jetty.
Ifogah add say anoda boat wey dey carry electoral personnel to Registration Area 17 (Koluama) for Sagbama local goment areaalso capsized, but no life loss as dem rescue all di 12 personnel and di boat operator.
“We, however, lost our result sheets, power banks and luggage wey contain personal effects of staff," e tok.
Di total number of registered voters for di affected Registration Areas na 5,368 and di number of PVCs wey dey collected na 5,311.
Di statement add say Inec dey make efforts to ensure say dem conductelection for di affected area even as den don notify security agencies.
Dis na di live election coverage of di off-cycle election for Imo, Kogi and Bayelsa states.
BBC News Pidgin correspondents dey all di states wey di election dey happun and we go dey bring una live updates of events as e dey happun.
Make una tanda wit us for dis live page from now till wen dem begin call results.
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