REVE@LED! Reasons 22 Polling Units in Edo Had No Election | SEE TABLE
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Sep 24, 2024
REVE@LED! Reasons 22 Polling Units in Edo Had No Election | SEE TABLE
While many polling units successfully conducted the voting process during the Edo State governorship election on Saturday, at least 22 others recorded cancelled or no voting procedure.
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Checks through the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) result viewing portal show that the factors responsible for this range from overvoting to emergency, disruption and inability to deploy electoral officers and materials.
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Through a random selection process, FIJ examined about 2,000 of the 4,460 results on the INEC Result Viewing (IReV) portal and found these 22 polling units across different local government areas in the state.
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S/N
Polling Units
LGA
Total registered voters
No of collected PVCs
Reason for no/cancelled election
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1
Ikoka 1, Esigie P/School 1
Ovia South West
908
153
Declared emergency /Disruption
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2
Abugho/ ID Ologho/ ID Oke/ Idegun Uzogbon Primary School II
Esan South East
700
246
Overvoting
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3
Open space Oreghosa Junction off Aragua
Oredo
715
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
4
Ugboshi-Afe by Market Square II
Akoko Edo
171
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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5
Ese Primary School
Owan East
504
326
Overvoting
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6
Amahor, Eguare Primary School
Iguben
741
Not available
Overvoting
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7
Imiava Primary School, Imiava
Etsako Central
485
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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8
Ikoka Primary Health Centre
Ovia South West
820
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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9
Iguobazuwa Townhall
Ovia South West
226
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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10
Aiguobasimwin, Oha Primary School
Ovia South West
776
Not available
Overvoting
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11
Egor Health Center by Useh Road - Open Space I
Egor
333
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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12
Enina Nursery and Primary School
Egor
893
Not available
Unable to deploy men and material
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13
Egoro Naoka Primary School
Esan West
401
Not available
Overvoting
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14
Egor Health Center by Useh Road - Open Space II
Egor
824
Not available
Declared emergency/ disruption
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15
Ikpeshi, Udugbureubo Town Hall
Akoko Edo
724
Not available
Overvoting
16
Udochi Oke/ Udochinaowa Village Square
Etsako East
325
Not available
Overvoting
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17
Obozogbe-Niro Primary School, Ugboko-Niro III
Orhionmwon
411
189
Overvoting
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18
Primary Health Centre
Akoko Edo
177
Not available
Overvoting
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19
Oteleku Camp Hall
Orhionmwon
219
Not available
Unable to deploy men and material
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20
Open Space by Ekhator Street Junction, Okhokhugbo
Egor
789
779
Declared emergency/ disruption
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21
Open Space by Town Hall, Sasaro
Akoko Edo
120
Not available
Unable to deploy men and material
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22
Open Space by Egbabura
Akoko Edo
136
Not available
Unable to deploy men and material
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A table showing 22 polling units with no or cancelled election on Saturday. Credit: Abimbola Abatta//FIJ
ANALYSIS
The data shows that declared emergency/disruption and overvoting account for the major reasons for cancelled and no election in these 22 polling units.
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Nine polling units in Ovia South West, Oredo, Akoko Edo, Etsako Central and Egor local government areas experienced emergency situations and disruptions.
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Another nine polling units in Esan South East, Owan East, Iguben, Ovia South West, Esan West, Akoko Edo, Etsako East, and Orhionmwon recorded overvoting. Four polling units in Egor, Orhionmwon and Akoko Edo could not vote because of INEC's inability to deploy officers and materials there.
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Declared emergency/disruption and overvoting account for approximately 40.91% each while the inability to deploy men and materials represents 18.18%.
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Chart created by Abimbola Abatta using meta-chart.com
To put this in perspective, 10,768 residents of these areas were registered voters. If a quarter of these registered voters, considering the low figure of those who collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), had come out to exercise their rights on Saturday, their votes would either have not counted or they would not have been able to vote.
This data draws attention to the need for INEC to double its efforts in countering overvoting, emergencies and election disruption.
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Meanwhile, an alarming rate of vote buying was recorded in the Edo election.
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The reported that a coalition of civil society organisations estimated that the price of votes varied between N5,000 and N10,000 per voter across many polling units in the State. Some of the voters were influenced by food items.
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