Violence, vote buying and intimidation marred the governorship election in parts of Ovia South West council areas of Edo State, reports have said.
It was learnt that inspite of the heavy security presence at Iguobazuwa ward 2 unit 4, 3, 2 and 1, sporadic gunshots were allegedly fired into the air by some unidentified security personnel in a bid to aid ballot snatching by some suspected thugs.
Voting was said to have been temporarily halted as some youths in the area resisted further attempt of intimidation by the shooters.
Voters were seen scampering for safety just as some journalists deployed to the area were harassed.
But the arrival of military and other security agents at the polling centre restored calmness for continuation of voting.
Though the excise was relatively peaceful at Iguobazuwa ward 1 unit 1, 2, 3 and 4, vote buying was the order of the day.
The situation was not different at Usen ward 7 unit 1, and Okha ward 7 unit 10.
It was gathered the election was marred with non-functioning card readers in some polling units.