Low Voter-Turn Out,  Allegations of Vote-Buying Characterise Kaduna Bye-Election

Accreditation by INEC adhoc staff  between 10am to 10:30am in some places.
However, in Kakuri, Makera, Kakuri-Gwari and  Barnanwa areas in  Kaduna South LGA, there were appreciate turnout of voters amid allegations of vote buying by party agents.
In Kakuri Hausa polling unit 0045,  accreditation and voting commenced at about 9:15 am.

Also in Gora ward, Kakuri, voting started at 9am, although
there there  were hitches as one of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System malfunctioned but was the rectified.
At the Barnawa Market polling unit, there allegations of vote-buying by
party agents of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state was offering between  N10,000 to N15,000 per vote.