November 06, (THEWILL) – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has strictly enforced its COVID-19 protocols for the ongoing gubernatorial election in Anambra State.
In keeping with the new order, the Commission has instructed officials at polling units to implement the ‘NO Facemask, No Voting’ rule.
However voters at Ward 9 Ezimezi, Amawbia, in the Awka South Local of the State, have protested the instruction by the presiding officer, Ahmed Abdilahi.
The voters who trooped out around 8:30 am to vote were asked to go back and bring their facemasks before they would be allowed to do so.
Irked by that, a former Anambra state House of Assembly member, Chikodi Aghanya, described the instruction as ‘rubbish’.
He said, “We can’t take that instruction from you. This is rubbish. How can you ask these old people here to go back to their homes to go and bring face masks before they will be allowed to vote? If you do that here you will see our true colour.”
Speaking about the situation, the Presiding Officer who is a National Youth Service Corps member said, “That was INEC instruction and we will obey it to the letter. We have hand sanitisers here. We have our face masks on. They should go and have theirs. It’s a simple instruction they must obey.”
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