Voters are reportedly standing in the queue to cast their votes for candidates of their choice.
The run-off election has commenced in Bayelsa State with accreditation and voting going on in State Constituency 2 in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State.
The accreditation and voting were observed at Polling Unit 6, Ward 7, Gbarain, for the run-off State Constituency election in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the State.
Voters are reportedly standing in the queue to cast their votes for candidates of their choice.
It was observed that soldiers, policemen and men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps are present to ensure a peaceful electoral process around the polling units.
SaharaReporters had reported that no fewer than four million Nigerians were expected to vote, in the re-run and bye-elections to fill 48 legislative seats across 26 states of the country.
The INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, had however assured of credible exercises and tasked all stakeholders on support to ensure violence-free polls.
Amid tension in some of the constituencies that are usually volatile during elections, the Department of State Services (DSS) warned Nigerians taking part in the elections to be of good conduct during and after the exercises in the affected states.
Also, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, had on Thursday ordered the restriction of all forms of vehicular movement on roads, waterways, and other forms of transportation from 12am to 6pm today in all states where elections will be conducted.
The only exception are those on essential services such as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, officials, electoral observers, accredited media and observers both foreign and domestic, ambulances responding to medical emergencies, and firefighters among others.
The affected states are Ebonyi, Yobe, Kebbi, Lagos, Ondo, Taraba, Benue, Borno, Kaduna, Plateau, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Cross River, Delta, Enugu, Jigawa, Katsina, Adamawa, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Kano, Nasarawa, Niger, Oyo, Sokoto, and Zamfara.