A yet-to-be-identified agent of one of the political parties contesting in Saturday’s governorship election in Imo State has attempted to persuade journalists to cast ballots for his preferred candidate without using voter cards.

The development was shared by TheCableIndex on X (formerly Twitter). The data arm of TheCable newspaper said the incident occured in Omuma 10, Polling Unit 035, Health Centre, Oru East, Imo State, at about 10:58 am.

Their tweet read, “A party agent walked up to the journalists, thinking they were voters. He said, ‘Come and support our brother. You don’t need a voter card here.'”

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They did not provide more information on the agent or party he worked for.

Reports of malpractices have defined Nigeria’s elections since the country began practicing democracy, and this was a major controversy at the presidential election tribunal.

In Imo, 17 candidates are on the ballot, and among them are Hope Uzodinma, the incumbent governor and flagbearer of the All Progressives Congress (APC); Anyanwu Samuel of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); Achonu Nneji of the Labour Party (LP); and Odunzeh Uche of the All Progressives Movement (APM).