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The Transition Monitoring Group (TMG) has said that the FCT elections was rife with vote buying across the six area councils with residents selling their votes for a low as N200.
A preliminary statement of elections signed by the group's spokesman Armsfree Ajanaku also said that the city centre witnessed voter apathy leading to low turn out compares to the rural areas that recorded high volume of voters especially elderly women.
"However, the high turnout in these areas was tainted by a corresponding high observed incidents of vote buying, with prospective voters selling their votes for amounts ranging between N200 and N500. Voter apathy was observed in most city centre areas observed by TMG. There was a strong presence of women voters especially in rural areas, including Gwagwalada, Abaji, Kuje, Bwari and Kwali," the report said.
A preliminary statement of elections signed by the group's spokesman Armsfree Ajanaku also said that the city centre witnessed voter apathy leading to low turn out compares to the rural areas that recorded high volume of voters especially elderly women.
"However, the high turnout in these areas was tainted by a corresponding high observed incidents of vote buying, with prospective voters selling their votes for amounts ranging between N200 and N500. Voter apathy was observed in most city centre areas observed by TMG. There was a strong presence of women voters especially in rural areas, including Gwagwalada, Abaji, Kuje, Bwari and Kwali," the report said.
