Voting has begun at Peter Obi’s polling centre, unit 019, Ward 2 in Amatutu, Agulu town in Nigeria’s south-eastern Anambra state.
While the Presidential candidate is expected to be voting at the centre today, 81-year-old Peter Nedum, is the first to vote in this place.
The sleepy town of Agulu woke up slowly on Saturday morning as residents started trickling to the polling centre to cast their ballots.
Despite security concerns in the south-east region, voters appear eager to exercise their civic obligation.
In the run-up to the general election there have been attacks blamed on armed gangs in parts of the region.
The separatist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) is active in this region.
A factional leader of the group, Simon Ekpa, had called on residents in the region to stay away from voting today.
But security agencies have assured that they are on top of the situation and asked people to go about their lawful activities.