The low voter turnout in Saturday’s Area Council elections has been criticized by Independent National Electoral Commission officials based in Polling Units 097 and 098 at Aso Estate and Sabon Lugbe’s LEA Primary School, respectively.
The INEC officials also stated that both voting stations characterized the process as peaceful and orderly, despite the low attendance and early logistical difficulties.
They said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System operated effectively and that there were no documented violent occurrences.
Speaking correspondent Clement Adugo, the Assistant Presiding Officer at Aso Estate, stated that as of the time this report was filed, only roughly 60 people had cast ballots despite the fact that over 900 voters were enrolled at the polling place.
Only about 60 people have cast ballots thus far, despite the fact that there are over 900 registered voters in this area, making voter turnout somewhat low.
When we arrived in the morning, however, voters were already present and prepared to cast their ballots. The voting process began here at 10:30 am and has gone smoothly. The electorate has also been incredibly helpful, she said.
Similar to this, Sabon Lugbe, the Assistant Presiding Officer at Polling Unit 098, LEA Primary School, said that less than 50 of the 715 registered voters had cast ballots. Lugbe declined to comment.
Additionally, the official expressed dissatisfaction with the tardiness of the voting materials, pointing out that they reached the polling station just after 11 a.m., impeding the start of the voting process.
He stated, “They were moving around with the voting materials because they couldn’t find this location, so the materials didn’t arrive until after 11 am.” After voting started, however, everything went without a hitch. The BVAS operated brilliantly.
He said that despite having 715 registered voters, only 50 people actually showed up to vote.
