Apathy, vote buying, intimidation mar FCT council election

Low turnout and ballot buying marred the Saturday assembly predetermination successful the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, with galore residents expressing disillusionment connected the full process.

DAILY POST reports that galore eligible voters stayed distant from the polls, citing vexation with the governmental process and a deficiency of spot successful the electoral system.

From Jikwoyi and Karu to Bwari, Gwagwalada, Nyanya, Mpape, Deidei, Kuje, Kwali, Lugbe, Durumi, and beyond, turnout remained abysmally low.

The workout was besides heavy criticized, particularly by absorption figures for lacking transparency, with allegations of ballot buying and selling taking the halfway signifier successful immoderate parts of the territory.

Aside from the pervasive elector apathy, the predetermination was besides overshadowed by logistical failures, method malfunctions, disenfranchisement claims, sporadic violence, and missing enactment logos connected immoderate ballots.

Vote buying

Despite warnings by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and information agencies, determination were allegations of ballot buying successful immoderate parts of Gwagwalada, Bwari and different Area Councils.

The situation, according to agents representing Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and Young Progressives Party, YPP, astatine the Better Life, UBE and Kotangora polling uni...