Rivers supplementary election peaceful amid low turnout of voters

The Saturday’s supplementary National Assembly election in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area of Rivers commenced smoothly and peacefully despite low turnout of voters.
The electoral officers arrived early with the materials at Rumuwoji Ward 12 Unit 6 Port Harcourt Federal Constituency 2, but up till noon, very few persons had cast their votes.
Some residents told journalists they would not participate in the election because the results of the February 25 and March 18 elections did not reflect their votes.
One of the residents, Godfrey Udom, said his vote would not make any difference from what the result was before the cancellation of the earlier one.
“As you can see, people are not interested in this election because they came out in large numbers during the general election, but what they expected was not what they saw when the results were declared,” he said.
Also, in units 8, 9 and 10, not many voters came out to cast their votes as INEC officials waited patiently for them.
Faith Araon, however, said she came out to cast her vote because she had hope and believed that Nigeria would be great with good governance if people voted and their votes counted.
The Independent National Electoral Commission suspended elections conducted for two National Assembly seats in Port Harcourt Local Government Area over irregularities.
The affected polls were those for the PHALGA 2 House of Representatives and the Rivers Southeast Senatorial District held on February 25.
(NAN)
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