{"id":219626,"date":"2024-09-22T02:49:35","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T02:49:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/22\/olumide-akpata-hails-inec-says-poll-was-smooth-after-voting\/"},"modified":"2024-09-22T02:49:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T02:49:35","slug":"olumide-akpata-hails-inec-says-poll-was-smooth-after-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/09\/22\/olumide-akpata-hails-inec-says-poll-was-smooth-after-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Olumide Akpata Hails INEC, Says Poll Was Smooth After Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the ongoing Edo state gubernatorial election, has commended Independent National Electoral Commission, after casting his vote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"hHq9Z\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CBQQAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwiWltL-otSIAxU-8LsIHWTKEysQlcAGegQIFBAA\">\n<div class=\"KsRP6\">\n<div class=\"MDY31c\">\n<div class=\"nwVKo\">\n<div class=\"loJjTe\">\n<p>The former president of Nigerian Bar Association, who casted his vote at Oredo Ward 6, Unit 11, was spotted smiling while addressing newsmen on Saturday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Akpata also expressed confidence in the process, saying that he is optimistic if the playing ground remained level until the end.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cFor my own process, it was seamless, the machine worked, I was captured and I picked up my ballot paper, I went into the booth, I thumbprint where you would imagine I would thumbprint and so that went well.<\/p>\n<div role=\"heading\" data-attrid=\"subtitle\">\n<p>\u201cI hope that would be the experience of every Edo voter. I am not going to conclude that that is the experience of every Edo voter until we start to get feedback.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are getting some concerning feedback from around the state, but I am not the kind of person who is going to make any statement until I verify the sources of my information. So, it is early in the day, and we will be observing the process as we go.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I\u2019m hopeful and optimistic that this is a process that is going to be well run and that the playing field would be allowed to be totally level so that the best man or woman will win today.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-7\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div data-advadstrackid=\"941128\" data-advadstrackbid=\"1\" class=\"infor-target\" id=\"infor-1996193811\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/FirstBank-Giant-Strides300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The governorship candidate of the Labour Party in the ongoing Edo state gubernatorial election, has commended Independent National Electoral Commission, after casting his vote. The former president of Nigerian Bar Association, who casted his vote at Oredo Ward 6, Unit 11, was spotted smiling while addressing newsmen on Saturday. 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