The Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, today lamented the absence of officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) at her polling unit in Abia State as at 11.45 am when accreditation and voting was supposed to commence.
The former minister of finance said she waited for more than two hours, along with several villagers at her ward, before the INEC officials arrived.
She said: “Waiting to vote at my polling station in Umuda Isingwu village Umuahia, Abia state.
“I have been waiting one hour. Many villagers have been here since 7 am. Where are the INEC officers?”
By 12:42, she announced that they finally arrived. According to her, “The INEC officers finally arrived. My husband and I have just voted. The turnout is unbelievable, the largest I have ever seen in all the years I have voted in the village. Young and very old all are here.
