FCT Poll: Low voter turnout in Bwari, Kuje area councils

The ongoing area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja witnessed low voter turnout in some parts of Bwari and Kuje areas, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) is reporting.

NAN correspondents who monitored the election reported that few voters were at the LEA Primary School, Kubwa and Kayada Primary School as at 8:30am.

There was early arrival of materials in the area councils as INEC officials arrived at Pilot Primary School, Bwari Central around 7:30am.

At LEA Primary School, Kubwa, officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and security personnel were seen manning the centre by 7:50am, with the same situation at the Kayada Primary School polling centre in Kuje.

NAN reports that electoral officials, upon arrival, quickly pasted voters’ lists after positioning their tables, thus enabling prospective voters to search for their names before forming queues.

Security personnel from the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Nigeria Correctional Service, Nigerians Army, and Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) deployed for the exercise were visibly present at all the centres visited.

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Electoral observers and party agents, especially those of APC, ADC, and Labour Party, were also sighted at the polling units.

NAN, however, observed minimal vehicular movement and skeletal commercial activities in the two council areas.

An electoral officer, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that they were ready for the election and that their machines were functioning optimally.

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