Ondo By-Election: APC group expresses concern over ‘alarming’ voter apathy

A radical wrong the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday expressed concerns implicit what it describes arsenic a drastic diminution successful turnout of voters during the Ondo South by-election held on Saturday.

The Grassroots Movement for Tinubu GMT, Ondo State section stated that the crisp diminution witnessed successful elector turnout, erstwhile compared to erstwhile elections held successful the state, calls for reflection.

While congratulating the victor of the by-election, Prof. Dayo Faduyile of the APC, GMT successful a connection issued by its Director of Media, Ojo Oyewamide, maintained that the improvement should service arsenic a “wake-up call” for the enactment successful the state, peculiarly since the 2027 wide predetermination is accelerated approaching.

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had declared Faduyile, a erstwhile National President of the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, victor aft polling 68,474 votes crossed the six section authorities areas of the senatorial district.

The group, which described the outing of the APC arsenic unimpressive, disclosed that the enactment was capable to unafraid a full of 126,196 votes successful the senatorial territory successful the 2024 governorship predetermination that produced Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

“According to the organisation of the votes, APC successful 2024 scored 26,811 successful Okitipupa, 17,127 successful Irele, 24,414 successful Ilaje, 14,511 successful Ese-Odo, 26,683 successful Odigbo, and 16,600 successful Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo.

“This developm...