Lagos By-Election: Low Voters Turnout Recorded At Shomolu, Kosofe LGA

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has recorded a low turnout of voters in Shomolu, Kosofe local government at the ongoing Lagos East senatorial district By-Election.

The election which is taking place in Shomolu, Kosofe, Ikorodu, Ibeju-Lekki and Epe has 12 candidates contesting for the senatorial seat made vacant by the demise of Adebayo Osinowo in June.

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According to TheCable, Shomolu and Kosofe LGAs as at 9am witnessed a low turnout of voters.

According to the Polling Officer of  PU 23 in Shomolu people were not coming out to vote at the election billed to end by 2:30.

"Only five voters have registered so far since 8am. People are not coming out and the election ends by 2:30pm.”

Also, at PU five in Shomolu LGA had only recorded one voter while at PU 22, voter.

“I haven’t recorded any voter at all. I don’t know why people are not coming out”, the polling officer of PU 22 said.

Recall that AllNews had earlier reported that YIAGA had in a tweet predicted that there will be a low turnout of voters at the By-election that is currently holding across 11 states of the federation.

"Yiaga Africa projects low voter turnout for today's Bye-Elections, owing to diminishing public interest in the process and low voter-education, voter mobilization, and publicity by INEC, political parties, and electoral stakeholders in the respective states," it tweeted.