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Residents of Lagos State yesterday shunned the local government elections held in the state even as Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu admitted that the low turnout might be a result of low voters’ education before the polls.
However, the All Progressives Congress (APC) was leading in the areas, including Somolu and Bariga, where the results for the chairmanship and councilorship elections were declared late last night.
This is coming as Governor of Ogun State, Prince Dapo Abiodun pledged to grant local government authorities autonomy to enable the residents to enjoy more dividends of democracy.
Sanwo-Olu, who arrived at his Polling Unit 019, Ward 9, Lateef Jakande/ Femi Okunnu Avenue, Ikoyi, at 11:03 am in the company of his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, also admitted that there was the late arrival of materials at the four polling units he checked on his way to cast his vote.
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The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has said it was fully prepared for todayâs local government council elections into the 20 local government and 37 Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs).
LASIEC disclosed that 15 political parties will participate in the election.
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi yesterday refused requests by 11 political parties to halt the holding of the Chairmen and Councillors election into the 57 local government councils and LCDAs in Lagos State.
Addressing journalists on preparation for the election, LASIEC Chairman, Justice Ayotunde Phillips, said the commission was leaving no stone unturned to ensure the election was free, fair and credible, adding that non-sensitive materials for the election had been distributed across the 37 LCDAs and the 20 local government areas, while the sensitive ones were being distributed to the affected areas with the supervision of security personnel.
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As voters troop out today in Lagos and Ogun states to elect their local council chairmen and councillors, Yiaga Africa has lamented the over bearing influence of state governors on the grassroots election.
Meanwhile, a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has declined the request by 11 political parties to halt today’s council elections in Lagos.
The presiding judge, Justice Akintayo Aluko, made the decision in a ruling delivered yesterday in Suit No FHC/L/CS/596/2021, which was filed by the Alliance of Social Democrats and 10 other political parties against Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) and the Lagos State government.
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