Osun election: Why there will be low turn out – Amnesty International

The Country Director of Amnesty International Nigeria, Isa Sanusi, has predicted that determination volition beryllium elector apathy in the August 15, 2026 governorship predetermination successful Osun State.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s ‘Sunrise Daily’ connected Thursday, Sanusi said those who emotion their lives and privation to unrecorded volition decidedly debar polling units on Saturday.

He attributed his prediction to the remark made by the lawmaker representing Osun East Senatorial District astatine the National Assembly, Francis Fadahunsi.

DAILY POST reports that Fadahunsi was spotted successful a video wherever helium told his supporters to kill immoderate subordinate of the Accord Party they spot up of the governorship election.

“We should expect elector apathy due to the fact that the unfortunate remarks of that unfortunate legislator and galore different incidents – 73 incidents recorded betwixt May and June – successful the build-up to the predetermination volition discourage a batch of people.

“This is not due to the fact that they don’t privation to vote; it’s due to the fact that they privation to live. They don’t privation anybody to termination them due to the fact that they decided to ballot for a antithetic governmental party. That is precise unsafe due to the fact that it’s not lone Osun State.

“If you look astatine the figures of the past statesmanlike elec...