Voter Apathy Characterises Saturday’s Polls In Edo — Leadership Newspaper

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The House of Assembly elections in Edo on Saturday recorded low voter turnout, in spite of the early distribution of election materials across the state.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondents, who monitored the exercise reports that there was widespread voter apathy in the areas visited.

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and election materials were conveyed to the polling units early in the morning.

Some of the residents, who spoke on the low turnout of voters, attributed it to the outcome of the Feb. 23 polls in the area.

Mr Ehi Peters, a political analyst, told NAN that the apathy in most of the polling centres might not be unconnected with the results of the Presidential and National assembly elections.

Peters said: “Our people were disappointed with the outcome of the polls, coupled with the disappointing comments by some chieftains of the major political parties in the area.

“Many of them had boasted that the people’s votes in the…



Source: Leadership Newspaper