Politics Cross River Council Polls :Low Turn out of Voters Experienced

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The Local Government Councils Elections on Saturday in Calabar was characterized by low turn out of voters.

Only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had agents in all the polling centers .The three other parties that contested the elections; the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), National Conscience Party (NCP), and Progressive People’s Alliance (PPA) did not have agents at most centers .

An official of the Cross River Independent Electoral Commission (CROSIEC), Mrs Theresa Offiong told NAN that out of over 2000 registered voters in Polling Unit 7, Ikot Isie, only 200 were accredited.

Offiong said that so far over 100 had voted and added that apart from the low turnout of voters all relevant materials were available.

"Apart from low turnout of voters, we have no administrative challenges; all the materials are available and as people come, we accredit them and they vote accordingly,’’ she said.

Mr Ekpenyong Akpanika, a party chieftain in Calabar, told NAN that the low turnout might be due to the earlier rumour of the postponement of the election because of a suit by APC against CROSIEC.

"I think the court case affected so many people. A lot of people thought the election had been postponed, so they decided to stay back’’, he said. (NAN)
 
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