There are pockets of protest in some communities in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State over the shortage of ballot papers meant for the Presidential and National Assembly elections in the state.
DAILY POST, gathered that there is about 48,500 ballot papers shortage in the Yenagoa/Kolokuma/Opokuma Federal Constituency elections were recorded.
The protesters who gathered at Ward 4, Epie 1, which has 47 units, covering Agudama and Akenpai Communities, are insisting that elections would not hold in their area until the missing ballot papers are replaced.
The Supervisory Presiding Officer (SPO), Austin Atekere, said that when he and his colleagues received the materials from the INEC headquarters in Yenagoa, they were not sorted until they got to the ward headquarter.
The state governor, Senator Douye Diri has blamed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the poor logistics and the delay in starting the voting process across the state.
Senator Diri who…
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