Buhari Votes, Stirs Controversy At Daura Polling Unit

President Muhammadu Buhari cast his vote in Daura on Saturday, stirring a controversy by publicly displaying his vote which was cast for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the APC presidential candidate.

It was a 20-year personal record for Buhari being that it was the first time in the period that Buhari was not standing for a presidential election.

Speaking after his vote shortly after 10.07 a.m. the president said that he voted for the person that he had been saying that he would vote for.

The action of President Buhari in displaying his vote in Daura according to pundits is in violation of Section 94 of the Electoral Act which stipulates that no one should do anything to promote a candidate for the election within 24 hours of the poll.

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Meanwhile, GWG.ng had reported that there were concerns in Yola, Adamawa State when PDP presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar voted by 9.10 a.m. in Yola, Adamawa State with several eyes watching him denying him the privacy needed to cast his vote in secret.

GWG.ng reports that Atiku who was number 61 on the voter’s register  came along with his wife, Titi Abubakar to the voting point in Yola North.

It took the former vice-president about two minutes to be accredited and cast his vote.

There were, however, concerns about the crowd around the PDP candidate as he voted with several eyes prying on him as he went to the voting box, looking over his shoulder as he cast his vote.

Though there is any doubt as to who he may have cast his vote for, there were concerns among some pundits that the PDP candidate did not have the privacy to cast his vote given the eyes that pried.

Speaking after casting his vote, Atiku told waiting newsmen that he was very optimistic of his success in the poll saying that he and the PDP would win the election.

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