By Emmanuel Enebeli
ONICHA-UGBO/Nigeria: Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Rt Hon Ndudi Elumelu Saturday, March 18, 2023 joined Nigerians to perform his civic duty during the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections.
He voted at 10:18 am in his unit 3 polling unit located inside Kandima Primary school, Onicha -Uku in Aniocha North Local Government area of Delta State after passing through the accreditation process.
At the Kandima Primary school, Onicha–Uku voting center with three polling units, voting commenced promptly with the early arrival of officials and materials for the polls.
Also the environment was peaceful with the presence of the police and other security agencies.
It was however observed that voters’ turnout in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly election was higher compared to the Gubernatorial and State Assembly elections in some parts of the area.
In an interview with journalists after casting his votes, Elumelu described the election as orderly but decried the low turnout of voters.
He attributed the low turnout to a lack of faith in INEC by the people, considering the poor outing of the election umpire in the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Elumelu, however, commended the seamless conduct of the election in some parts of the State but condemned in its entirety the report of intimidation of voters with soldiers in some parts of the Federal Constituency and in the State in general.
The Reps Minority Leader commended the people for their steadfastness and expressed confidence that his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will come out victorious, both in the Governorship and State House of Assembly elections across the State.
