By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

Voting for the rerun elections for Orumba North/South Federal Constituency and Nnewi North/South/Ekwusigo Federal Constituency has commenced in the affected areas in Anambra State.

The rerun election is taking place in 16 polling units at Nanka in Orumba North Local Government Area to determine the winner of Orumba North and Orumba South federal constituency.

It Is taking place in five polling units at Nnewi, Nnewi North constituency to determine the winner of Nnewi North and Nnewi South and Ekwusigo federal constituencies.

News Express reports that the elections were cancelled by the Court of Appeal and a rerun ordered at the affected areas when aggrieved candidates approached the Court seeking for cancellation of the results.

In the course of monitoring the rerun election, it was observed that voting kicked off at about 9:20am in most areas with impressive voters turn out.

Security operatives which include the Army Police, DSS, Civil Defence and election observers were also present in their numbers to prevent break down of law and order in the areas affected..

The total number of registered voters at the affected polling units in Nnewi North are 97,438 while that of Orumba North is 161,914 voters.

The candidate of the People Democracy Party (PDP), Hon. Okwudili Ezenwankwo, who cast his vote at about 11:12am at Okaa-agbiligba ward 1, polling unit 015 hailed the attitude of the voters, praising their comportment.

Some of the voters who spoke to our correspondent shortly after casting their votes appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to ensure that the true winner of the rerun is announced.

They also appealed to the INEC to extend the voting time to 4pm citing late arrival of voting materials.

It was a similar scenario at Nnewi North Local Government Area, where voting was ongoing as at the time of filing this report.

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