Voters In Ikeja Hail Peaceful Polls

Some voters at Polling Unit 112, Ward F,  Alausa Royal Estate (Bola Ahmed Tinubu Staff Quarters), Ikeja, have commended the conduct of the Saturday Governorship and House of Assembly polls in Lagos.

A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Kano, Nigeria, March 28, 2015. Many Nigerians fear a clash along religious, ethnic, and sectional lines regardless of the result of the presidential race between incumbent Goodluck Jonathan, a Christian from the south, and Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler and Muslim northerner. (Samuel Aranda/The New York Times)

The voters who spoke bro Vanguard, hailed the electoral officers for arriving early which saw voting started at about 9 am.

The voters were relaxed and waited patiently for sorting and counting to start. The voters in a carnival, got canopies and chairs, with refreshments to go with, while they waited for the processing to end. 

General Manager of the Lagos State Health Management Agency (LASHMA) Dr Emmanuella Zamba said: “Today has been much better than the last one. The electoral officers came early enough, as early as 8 am, and voting started at about 9 am.

“Voter turn out has been slow but steady, though slow but steady trickles because we have a little bit of confusion whereby new polling units sprang up and people displaced from their traditional polling units found it difficult to locate their new units.

“But in all, it hasn’t been too bad. We have gotten ourselves canopies and chairs so we can be comfortable while we wait till the very end to witness the sorting and counting. The process has been so far so good.”

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