Gists By Lagos, LG polls, presiding
Polling Unit 017, Ojodu Grammar
School, Lagos. Photo: Afeez Hanafi
Local government election in Lagos
State has witnessed widespread voter
apathy and cases of malfunction card
readers, our correspondent who visited
some polling units across three local
government areas of the state has
observed.
The majority of the presiding officers
and party agents at the polling units in
Ikeja, Ifako-Ijaiye and Agege Local
Government Areas confirmed the
developments to our correspondent.
A presiding officer at Ojodu Grammar
School 1, Polling Unit 017, Abel Obina,
said only seven persons had cast their
votes as of 11.15am out of 150
registered voters.
“The turnout is not good as expected. A
lot of people are still at home,” he
added.
The agents of the All Progressives
Congress and Peoples Democratic Party
at the polling units confirmed Obina’s
account.
Another PO at Polling Unit 006,
Dairyfarm Nursery and Primary School,
Agege, Nobei Austin, told our
correspondent who visited the area at
12.20pm that 15 persons out of 99
registered voters had voted since 9am
when voting commenced.
“We also have issues with the card
reader. We have to resort to manual
accreditation,” he stated.
A supervisory polling officer at Ifako-
Ijaiye, Babatunde Akinsanya, also
lamented voter apathy, saying that “the
turnout is low.”
“We equally had challenge with the card
readers but it has been resolved,” he
noted.