 Since we're doing comparison right now, shouldn't we have done better this time around judging by the fact that you said the the violence has had 2019 elections, you know, as far higher compared to what we have right now? My question really would be hotspots in Lagos. The last elections we had in 2019, Osho, the Sun Law and some parts of Alimo show, you know, were actually pointed out to be hotspots. And we also heard of repeated violence again this time around specifically in Osho, the area of Lagos. So why would I have thought that there would have been adequate deployment of security personnel for these areas? Well, Nigeria was always an opportunity for this is what it is. Last election, because these are the strong, these are not really the strongholds of the issue, leaving political parts of the Lagos state. You know, we have a lot of people from the South, South East ethnic group, plenty of them, we were across a longer line from Osho down to Al Gore, down to Bestar, Amumu, South Light Town, Ojo, and Ajanberde, and all that. What we have there, a lot of the South East and people of South East and the extraction will be there. So it's normal to experience this kind of violence. And the whole idea is that because they know those people would post in a certain type of direction, all they needed to do was to disrupt the election there, because it's become so impossible to reach the election, like in a normal way, this is the way you have to drive and decide if you want to treat one or two things. This time around, the Bivouz has actually changed. The Bivouz has changed the game. So it's difficult for them to read the election. The only option left for them is to disrupt this election so that those people can be counted. Before we come back and look at some of the statistics that we have from SBM, let's go quickly to Abuja, where correspondent Emmanuel Higiene is joining us to give a brief update. Emmanuel, can you hear me? Good afternoon. Emmanuel, are you there? Unfortunately, we can't get Emmanuel. Let's go back to before this election, there had been some data collection that SBM had done in terms of areas that were red zones and where there's more likely violence, pre-election violence, and of course, now that we're on election day, we're asking, this data does it still hold? Because I saw some of the statistics you gave and just like I said to the last guest, the South East seems to be topping the table. Why? Well, the South East, I mean, there's an education going on there and the whole idea is that there won't be an election in the so-called South Africa and that's how they pick it. So it's normal to see violence spike up in that area. Even before the election, the South East may be more or new and it's spreading through here. I've always seen numbers of attacks. We've seen police station with bombs to the ground and I've obviously seen bombs to the ground. We've seen violence at its peak in those areas and, you know, I've come out a couple of times to deny it and this can be credited to so-called or non-government, but we know this or non-government can actually be linked back to ICO. So South East was setting that election violence would be higher there. Another place that we thought we felt election violence would be higher in South Africa, but so far we've not seen so much of it, just the pockets of it here and there, but, you know, South Africa is actually not doing as far as we thought it would be. Legals. I think we're having a connection issue there with Ikeichiku because I wanted to ask, these supposed hotspots before the elections, like Kanambra, like Oulu, you know, Imo State, because they have information from across the country, what is it like right now? I would really want to know to feel the pulse of the people around the voting areas in those places. Remember, there had been a set of tone orders saying people should not go out and vote. So what is the vote to turn out like? Because these are some of the questions I would really like to ask Ikeichiku if we can only get him back on the line. But let's go back to Abuja. Do we have Emmanuel Hijine joining us now? Emmanuel, you need to unmute yourself so we can hear you. Hello, Emmanuel, can you hear us? Unfortunately. Well, there seems to be a little problem with our connections, and that's the same for Ikeichiku. Emmanuel, if you can hear us, can you speak? Yes, we can hear you, Emmanuel. Now, we know that you're in Abuja. Where exactly in Abuja are you? That's Ikeichiku. Oh, Ikeichu, are you back on? Ikeichiku, great. Now that you're back, we were asking ourselves a few, you know, raising a few issues. The fact that you talked about the Southeast as some hot spot and we saw that, you know, it was the highest in violence and in security, I would really like to know from the feelings that you're getting as the SPM today, what is it like in those places, like the ones you mentioned, you know, in Anambra, you know, and other parts of the South is in Eboni. What's the vote to turn out like also if you have had any feelers from those places? Well, vote to turn out as beyond the expected, people came out to vote. In Anambra, you are allowed to be presided. You share the border with the most states from the U.S. and to spread from the activities of their non-government, actually spread together. So, yeah, we saw a sporadic concert and people actually ran away, but we heard that people have come back to vote. But this was before the voting materials were able to get to that particular location. We have assigned up with Eboni as a relatively safe. We haven't had so much of an election vote, the same thing anybody who has also been able to vote. But the hot bed is around that border town between Ihiya and the Timo states. We'll get back to you on development from the South, is that we understand that Judith from Shagamo will stay, who was disenfranchised, is back with us. Thanks for staying with us, Judith. Judith, can you hear us? Judith, can you hear us? Yes. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. So, tell us what the situation is all about. From what we hear, you were not able to vote today. Judith, go ahead. Yeah, we can hear you. Judith, were you able to vote or were you not able to vote? And what exactly happened that made you feel disenfranchised? I'm sorry, I can't hear you. Well, we're going to try to patch Judith back in. We can hear her, but unfortunately, she cannot hear us. We'll take a quick break and fix some of that, all the problems that we have with our connection. It's a busy day today. Everybody is online and we're all trying to make sure that our information is put out there and everybody's up to date with what's happening across the country. Can we hear Judith now? Judith, can you hear us? Okay, I don't hear you. But go ahead. What happened today? I don't have my PC. I'd like to get it at the right time. Well, the last time I went, I was told that my PC was not available. When I was made to see another phone to make a complaint that another one should be retweeted. So I was told that it should be reprinted before the election that I should not go and wait for their call or a message or something. And when the databases have been printed, they will get back to me. So I'll come pick it up. And I waited and I didn't get any callback or something. So till now, I didn't hear from them. So I'm just in my room and I've been robbed of exercising my right to take. It's not a good feeling at all. Well, unfortunately, we sympathize with you, Judith. But because you're not the only person who's in this category of people who have been disenfranchised, I would like to let you know that there have been some a bag of PVCs that was discovered somewhere in Lagos containing a lot of PVCs belonging to people who are here in Lagos. As a voter, as a Nigerian, what would you do to try to get government attention and INEX attention to the fact that many people have been disenfranchised and something needs to be done now before we get to another election cycle? Because, of course, you've missed out on this one. Unfortunately, I don't think that Judith can hear us. It is unfortunately that term which you couldn't put up. But many things to you, Judith, and we are sorry that you could not actually cast your ballots to the land like Mary Anne said. It actually affected several Nigerians. Imagine the PVCs that were all parked in one place today and those people had actually gone to INEX offices several times just to get their PVCs and now they could not even cast their ballots. I mostly think that INEX has a lot of answering to do because, yes, if you're telling us that no third party is allowed to pick up PVCs, then these PVCs, we started by hearing stories like, oh, a man showed up at my house and asked me what party I'm going to be voting for. And then he said, are you this and this person? And I said, yes, well, we have your PVC. Are you voting for us? How did the PVCs get into the hands of these people? So again, INEX needs, I don't know if it's okay to use the term, heads have to roll, because this is a really serious corruption case. And this is an act that is against the rights of every single Nigerian whose PVC has got into the hands of the wrong people. Right now, Emmanuel, thanks for joining us. Emmanuel, can you hear us? Yes, clearly I can hear you clearly. All right. So tell us what's happened at your location, where exactly are you at and then bring us up to speed. Okay. Presently, I'm at the National Pollution Center in Abuja. But before then, I went around my area around Kuba, you know, in the FCT. And voting started quite early this morning. The materials arrived in time. And the people turned on the mass massively to vote for candidates of their choice. As of the time I left, the security station was calm. And everybody was going about their voting business. Apart from in L.E.A., World 2, where one of the voters observed that there was no ink, voters ink, which of course, it decided as a true Nigerian, as a patriotic Nigerian, to get ink for most of the votes across World 2 in Kuba. But after then, I now left to the Pollution Center, where the INC chairman briefed the press on the ongoing across the country. So that is the situation right now. We are waiting for further briefing by 4.30 when they would have gathered more information, then come back to brief the press on the situation across the country. Emmanuel, I'm most interested in the fact that as at 1.40 p.m. today in Lagos, several people were yet to see the electoral officials at their polling units. And as the INC chairman had said to us yesterday, the elections will start at 8.30 and end at 2.30 p.m. And this is 2.51 p.m. Many people are yet to vote. If you have the chance to ask this question, will the elections be pushed further into the evening? And what will be done? Is there a possibility that the elections will spill into Sunday? Because of course, there are many other people who are yet to vote. Yes, the INC chairman actually addressed that situation. He said, because of course, he is aware that there are some security challenges across the country. He also observed that in some cases, some beavers delayed the voting process. And the INC chairman went ahead to say, despite this, that INEC will ensure that no Nigerian is decentralized in this exercise. He made it clear that even if the election has to commence by 2.30, INEC will wait until the last man on the line votes before the exercise is declared over in that polling unit or in that ward, as to speak. So I think he has addressed that aspect. He said, nothing will stop INEC from conducting this election. There's also complaints about the beavers. For the wife of the presidential candidate of the APC took three trials for her to be able to be accredited to vote. The vice presidential candidate of the APC was unable to vote. The governor of the river stage in yesterday's weekend was also unable to vote. He waited for three hours, I heard, and still was unable to vote. Has this also been addressed? No, before he ended the briefing, he said there have been other reports across the country and that they were going back to attend to these reports and try to see how they can solve this problem. But that whatever the matter that, you know, I mean, at the last, while he was briefing at about 1.30 today, he actually noted that the beavers had some of the beavers as some challenges. But that INEC has been able to address those situations in those parts, you know, that they have. And of course, let's wait and see because he's actually confident, he's confident assuring that yes, the beavers had issues in some areas, but that INEC is working as seriously to make sure those issues are addressed. All right, thank you so much, Emmanuel, a he-general correspondent all the way from the federal capital territory, specifically from the Collation Center, bringing us up to speed as we got some INECs briefing and of course, what to expect in the course of today. Thank you so much, Emmanuel. Thank you, Emmanuel. So it brings to question some of the reports that we've gotten from the field. A certain part of Lagos was attacked and four beavers were taken by these hoodlums. And the question is, if these beavers have fallen into the wrong hands, what is INEC doing in the back-end to make sure that those beavers do not work against the average voter and across the electoral process? Some of the questions that INEC needs to give us some specific answers to. I really wish I was at that coalition center. Yeah, there's so many things we'd ask Professor Mammoud. Yes, yes. We will take a break and then of course, we'll try to see if we can bring back our data analysts into the studio. And then of course, we have more conversation coming. This is the ballot and it's Nigeria's general elections where we are heading to the polls to vote for presidential and national assembly candidate. Stay with us. My name is Mary-Anna and I'm Justin Akadonir. 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