Inconclusive polls: Voters, observers chide politicians over politics of disruption
Since Saturday March, 9 when the Governorship election took place, she has felt gobsmacked by the experience she had.“We spent all the hours under the sun with people jostling and pushing us, we ended up without casting our votes as some thugs stormed the polling unit and destroyed the election materials. There was panic and everybody fled.”
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