Local government election in Lagos State has witnessed widespread voter apathy and cases of malfunction card readers
, our correspondent who visited some polling units across three local government areas of the state has observed.
The majority of the presiding officers and party agents at the polling units in Ikeja, Ifako-Ijaiye and Agege Local Government Areas confirmed the developments to our correspondent. A presiding officer at Ojodu Grammar School 1, Polling Unit 017, Abel Obina, said only seven persons had cast their votes as of 11.15am out of 150 registered voters.The agents of the All Progressives Congress and Peoples Democratic Party at the polling units confirmed Obina’s account.
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