The INEC Chairman has issued a statement to all Nigerians. Saying only those at the polling units before 02:30pm will exercise their franchise.
The INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, made this known at a real-time election briefing in Abuja on Saturday, adding that no Nigerian will be disenfranchised.
All Nigerians with their PVC to head to the poll on Saturday to elect a new President and members of the National Assembly. However, Accreditation and voting were meant to start at 08:30am till 02:30pm but a few of the 176,606 polling units across Nigeria weren’t open on time due to logistics and security challenges. 
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has earlier expressed his disappointment when the BVAS machine at his polling unit failed to accredit him and his wife. The governor had called on INEC to extend the voting process till evening.
The presidential candidate of the New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP), Rabiu Kwankwaso also complained that the voting started later than scheduled time on Saturday morning in Kano State. He also urged INEC to be “patient” for his supporters to vote before closing the process.
According to INEC boss who responded to a question on delayed voting from reporters, “Every Nigerian with Permanent Voter Cards present at the polling units will vote.” he said.
Mahmood Yakubu also added, “No Nigerian will be disenfranchised. Yes, we opened some polling units late. And we admitted that in some places, some polling units were opened late but the system has an automatic mechanism to recover lost time.
“We don’t start 0830am and close 02:30pm on the dot. If we start later than 08:30am, whoever is on the queue before 02:30pm will vote, no matter how long it takes. So, no Nigerian will be disenfranchised on that score provided he or she is at the polling unit before 02:30pm.”
