The Kogi West Senatorial rerun
Election holding across 53 polling units has been marred with voters’ apathy.
Our correspondent who
visited some affected polling units in Lokoja where elections were cancelled
reports that elections material arrived as early as 8am.
Some polling units visited
included Paparanda Square, and Maigairi Palace.
Accreditation and voting are
going on smoothly with the presence of security personnel and party agents.
Some electorates who spoke on Saturday said some people decided to shun the process over fair
of possible attack by suspected thugs as witnessed on November 16th.
A voter who never wanted his name
in print said, ” You already know some of the reasons why voters decided to
stay back at home. I’m here to fully all righteousness. Last Saturday in Kogi
was a theatre of war. We saw men in police uniform invading polling units to
cause mayhem on the people and snatch ballot boxes.
“You are a journalist, you could
attest to the fact that over five persons lost their lives here in Lokoja. As
if that was not enough, we could attest to the fact that helicopter bullets in
several places hit residents who are not even outside to cast their votes.
“So with this, nobody wants to
come out and vote over the fear that he might be hit by bullet or get killed. I
must tell you, this does not speak well for our democracy. If this continues,
nobody will be willing to come out and vote in the future”.
It could be recalled that the
rerun which first took place on November 16 was declared inconclusive by the
returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),
Professor Olayinde Lawal.
According to him, the total
margin between the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Smart Adeyemi and that of the
Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Dino Melaye was lower than the number of
cancelled votes in 53 polling units of the 20 registration.
Senator Adeyemi is currently
leading with a total of 80,118 votes, while Senator Melaye has 59,548 votes
from the seven Local Government Areas during the November 16 rerun
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