In Kano, some residents said they were optimistic that the exercise would be successful if the electorate and political actors had the will to make things work.
Tope Faseyitan, a teacher, said security agents need to put more effort in ensuring the safety of citizens during the forthcoming elections.
“Any form of security threat will affect voters psychologically, resulting in anxiety and people will rather save their lives than exercise their franchise,” she said.
A lawyer, Abdulrazak Ahmed, said people would cooperate only if INEC indicated readiness to serve as an impartial umpire expected of it.
He said there was no reason to be skeptical of the success of the polls as INEC was expected to provide alternative measures of addressing unanticipated hitches.