Yobe: Voting commences peacefully in most PUs
Our correspondent who went round the state capital, Damaturu, reports that accreditation and voting commenced simultaneously between 8:00am to 8:30am at various polling units.The election is going on under heavy security presence in all the voting places visited.
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