The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, and the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, shared contrary views on waiting at the polling units after voting.

While the IGP had warned voters to go back to their homes after casting their votes on election days, Jega said the electoral law did not state that voters could not or should not wait to watch and ensure that their votes count.

The IGP, who addressed accredited observers for the forthcoming general elections in Abuja, said the possibility of committing electoral offence was very high if voters stayed back at the polling booths for votes to be counted.

He told the observers that each polling unit would have at least two or three policemen to protect votes cast by the electorate.

“We will go on to protect the electorate. Every eligible voter should feel safe enough to cast his votes. We will be there to protect the votes and make sure no one disrupts the process,” Abba said

The INEC chairman, gave a contrary view who on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Friday, he said there is no part of the Electoral Act that forbids voters from waiting at the polling booths, adding that the law was only against loitering.