As stated by reports, thugs invaded many polling booths in Ebonyi State, carting away ballot boxes and other electoral materials. At Onuwakpu Market Square in Ikwo Local Government Area, hoodlums wielding AK-47 rifles shot into the air to scare voters and officials away before snatching the materials. No police patrol or military vans were seen in the area at the time of the incident. The patrol vans suddenly disappeared from the roads as voting began paving the way for the hoodlums to have a field day. Similar incidents were witnessed at Nsokara in Ezza South Local Government Area and in other parts of the state. The member representing Ikwo/Ezza South Constituency, Tob Okwuru, stated the attacks were perpetrated by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Late arrival of materials, inadequate materials, mix-up of materials were some of the noticeable errors as the elections kicked off in Ebonyi State. These led to late accreditation in many polling centres. Labour Party(LP) governorship candidate, Edward Nkwegu, said: "The most disturbing part is that only five incident forms were provided while about 200 persons failed the accreditation by the card readers. "How are the rest of the people going to fill the forms? "The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should go ahead with the card readers but to work assiduously to ensure that the challenges are solved and that all eligible voters take part in the electoral process."
