Nasir el-Rufai, the Kaduna state governor, and Adeniyi Oyebade, a major general and commandant of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), queued among hundreds of voters in their polling unit 024, Runka/Marnona opposite NDA, Anguwan Sarki, Kaduna North LGA.

El-Rufai was in the queue for hours as the card readers failed in his unit.