LG Elections: Again, Lagos ex-governor Fashola absent at polling unit
Former Governor Babatunde Fashola was absent from his polling unit on Saturday to vote for the APC candidate for the chairmanship and councillorship election.
The ex-governor, who was expected at the polling unit with his wife, Abimbola Fashola, was not seen throughout the election, which started at 8:00 a.m. and ended at 3:00 p.m.
Mr Fashola was also absent during the  2021 LG polls.
Journalists, who had waited for the former works minister, from 8:19 a.m. when the election at the unit started, left for other places after hours of waiting, while some stayed until the end in the hope of his arrival.
The voting for the chairmanship and councillorship election in Polling Unit 002, at State Junior Grammar School (Special), Itolo Street, Eric Moore, Surulere, commenced at 8:19 a.m., as the INEC agents arrived to set up the unit.
The unit, which is the venue where Fashola was expected to cast his vote, saw eligible voters trickling in.
The unit, which had 1,355 registered voters, recorded only 213 voters who came to exercise their franchise.
(NAN)
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