Voting commenced at VGC, Lagos (Photos)

Voting commenced at the Victoria Garden City in Lagos State on Sunday as promised by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

Voting in the estate was postponed on Saturday after residents refused to vote at the polling units set up outside the gate to the estate. As they said security was not guaranteed outside the estate.

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They also questioned why INEC decided to set up the polling units outside the estate, as against the previous arrangement of having the units at the estate field.

The INEC officials on their part claimed they would not enter the estate, as they were held hostage during the presidential and National Assembly election, by residents of the VGC.

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