Ekiti Assembly election largely peaceful, except for low turnout – REC
4 years agoA voter gives a finger print to authenticate her identity with Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to vote at a polling station for a gubernatorial and House of Assembly candidates during local elections, in Lagos, on March 18, 2023. - Nigerians vote in local elections three weeks after the ruling party won a presidential poll contested by the two main opposition parties. Africa's most populous country will be voting for governors in 28 of the 36 states of the federation -- the other states having already conducted by-elections -- as well as for representatives in state assemblies. (Photo by PIUS UTOMI EKPEI / AFP)
Prof. Abayomi Salami, Resident Electoral Commissioner of Ekiti State, said the state assembly election in Ekiti was largely peaceful except for the only challenge in the low turn out of voters.