Anambra INEC Discovers Polling Booths In Shrines

[Shola Sholaz]

THE Anambra State Independent Electoral Commission, ANSIEC, said it has discovered polling booths in some shrines and forests in the state.
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Acting chairman of the Commission, Chief Sylvester Okonkwo, who spoke at the kickoff of the sensitization programme for the October 5, 2013 local government in the state at the headquarters of Awka South local government area, described the development as worrisome especially with the council polls drawing near.
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Places where the polling booths were discovered include Nteje in Oyi local government area, Marine area of Onitsha North and Ogbaru local government area.
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According to him, the polling booths would be relocated before the election on October 5th, 2013..He said: "There is no way women and Christians can vote in shines or evil forests. Such a thing cannot happen in Igbo land."