NEWS: Rivers Rerun Election: Turnout impressive, election peaceful in Bera, Gokana LGA

Port Harcourt – The Rivers legislative rerun election has commenced peacefully in the state with a massive turnout of voters in Gokana Local Government Area of the state.
Th exercise in being conducted in the three Senatorial districts for senatorial seats. The rerun is also held in eight Federal Constituencies for the House of Representatives seats and 10 State Constituencies for state assembly seats.
In Bera Ward 16, Gokana LGA, the turnout was early and massive while the election materials arrived at 8.30 a.m. Also card readers are working well in all the 16 polling units of Bera Ward 16 in local government area visited.
 The accreditation and voting started simultaneously at exactly 9.11a.m in all the units of Bera Ward 16. NAN further reports that all the polling units in the local government were organised in the Community Secondary School, Bera.
The agency reports that voters were coordinated but under the heavy presence of the security operatives. All Progressives Congress (APC) and All Progressives Grand Alliance agents were seen in each of polling units in the Ward 16.