The local government elections recorded low turnout of voters.
Though the election is peaceful, Daily Intel reports that there is a wide gap between those who turned to exercise their and and the number of registered voters.
The Presiding Officer at the Njiwaji Polling Unit 008, Alhaji Mohammed Girgiri said the registered voters at the unit were over 2000 but few people came out to vote.
Some of the voters who spoke to our correspondent linked the low turnout of voters to the current economic hard
Voter who did not want her name mentioned in print said the poor turnout of voters for the election may not be due to the economic hardship in the country.
However, Returned office Babayo Idi, from the Gwange Ward collection center, said the election was generally peaceful in all the polling units monitored by the our people, as security was beefed up by security agencies to forestall any breakdown of law and order that could truncate the local council polls.
The state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mohammed Gadaka, who voted in his Gadaka country home, in Fika Local Government Area, however expressed satisfaction in the process of the conduct.
“I extend my sincere appreciation to the Yobe State Independent Electoral Commission, YSINEC, for their commendable efforts in organising a seamless election.
“I also want to appreciate the people of Yobe State whose active participation and commitment to peaceful coexistence played a role in making this electoral exercise peaceful. Together, we shall keep yobe working.”EN
