However, personnel of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the required materials had been deployed to the affected areas and voting had commenced.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that in Lapai council, the seven affected polling units commenced voting at 8 a.m.

Sen. Zainab Kure (Niger South) and her husband, Alhaji Abdulkadir Kure, voted around 9 a.m. at their Gidan Badigi polling unit in Lapai.