Some residents in Lagos on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing local government election, because the restriction of movement came as a surprise to most of them. Some of them told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that they were of the opinion that the election had been postponed, others had no knowledge of the […]
Some residents in Lagos on Saturday expressed dissatisfaction with the ongoing local government election, because the restriction of movement came as a surprise to most of them.
On Saturday, some of the residents, who came out to vote expressed mixed feelings on the election, claiming that, there was insufficient public awareness. He, however, expressed dissatisfaction on what he described as “poor publicity” of the ongoing process and urged that it be made better in the future.
“So, this morning, as I was on my way to the ward, I even saw some people who were turned back by the police and one could see that they were going for their respective businesses. “I went back to my house but later decided to come out again when I discovered no vehicle was moving and I saw some policemen.On his part, a trailer driver, Mr Rotimi Abiodun, who spoke in Pidgin English, said that although he heard “rumours” about the election, he had been outside his house since 7 a.m, to observe the streets, to know when to go about his business.
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