Oluwaseye Ogunsanya
Claim
A Twitter user, Solomon Buchi @Solomon_Buchi claimed that voters were not allowed to vote in Lugbe Primary School Abuja while some unidentified people he referred to as “they” have been thumbprinting inside and they have been bursted.
Voters have been waiting since morning, not knowing that they’ve been thumbprinting inside. They got bursted.
–@inecnigeria, what the heck is this?
Happening at Lugbe Primary School Abuja.— Solomon Buchi (@Solomon_Buchi) February 25, 2023
His claim was also corroborated by another user Humanity 1st, Before Religion @NedunckDefi – according to him, the police and soldiers were all compromised. He went further to claim that “they will accredit voters without given them ballot paper, while the police are thumbprint it themselves”
3:19 PM, Polling unit 009 Lugbe primary school LEA Abuja, the police and soldiers were all compromised.
The will accredit voters without given them ballot paper, while the police are thumbprint it themselves. This is treason.#ObiWon #Kano #gombe pic.twitter.com/wrM6XUTBec— Humanity 1st, Before Religion 💯 (@NedunckDefi) February 25, 2023
Verdict
The claim is true.
Verification
We reached our observers in Abuja to confirm this claim and they all confirm this to be true. INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu also confirmed this at the voting process in Abuja.
Conclusion
FactCheckElections can conclude that the claim is true. Our observers at Abuja confirmed this to us and INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu also confirmed this at the voting process in Abuja.