The Lancaster Street in the Sabo Yaba area of Lagos was militarised on Saturday afternoon by security officials from different police special squads ahead of the collation of local government elections results.
The entire stretch of the street was barricaded by policemen heavily armed with all sorts of rifles and combat ammunition.
Our correspondent counted at least four armoured vehicles and 10 police patrol vehicles stationed on the street.
Fierce-looking policemen were positioned across the head office of the state electoral commission.
Scores of armed policemen were also scattered inside LASIEC head office with electoral officials going in and out of the building.
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The final collation of results in the chairmanship and councillorship elections would be announced at the centre by Justice Bola Okikiolu-Ighile.
Voting officially ended in Saturday’s chairmanship, vice-chairman and councillorship elections in Lagos State.
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Voting lasted six hours from 9am to 3pm, as directed by the electoral umpire, the Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC).
Voting took place in the 20 local government areas and the 37 local council development areas of the state.
With the conclusion of voting, LASIEC officials moved to the next stage which is the sorting and counting of results in the presence of election observers and party agents as well as some voters who stayed behind to monitor the process.
From the PU level, the votes recorded would be transfered to the ward level and then to the local government offices of LASIEC for eventual collation at LASIEC head office in the Yaba area of the state.
Generally, 15 parties were confirmed to have participated in the elections across the state but low voter turnout marred the election.
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