There was low turnout as the local government council elections in Kano State held peacefully on Saturday.
The low turnout was more prominent in the metropolitan areas of the State.
For instance, at the History and Culture Bureau, elections had not started by10:44am when our correspondent visited due to late arrival of election materials.
It was however observed that even though election had started on time at Tarauni PHC polling centre which houses three polling units, there was generally low turnout of voters.
However, at the Gandun Albasa Special Primary school where there are 21 polling units, many voters were seen waiting in the queues for their turn to cast their votes.
A cross section of voters expressed happiness over the peaceful conduct of residents against what had been anticipated.
“Many people anticipated crisis during the election but thank God it’s peaceful,” one of the voters said.
Also commenting on the election, another voter said he was happy the election was generally peaceful as many residents complied with the order on restriction of movement.
Also speaking, a presiding Officer, Polling unit 002, at Gandun Albasa, Tajuddeen Uba said voting commenced some minutes after 8:00am and the election was peaceful despite non participation of the police and other federal security personnel.
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In some polling units, voting ended as early as 10am after receiving the election materials.
In places like Tudunwada, Rimin Gado, Gwale, Municipal and Bichi, among others, elections were conducted peacefully with voters coming out very early to cast their ballots.
It was observed that even though election had started on time at Tarauni PHC polling centre which houses three polling units, there was generally low turnout of voters.
However, at the Gandun Albasa Special Primary school where there are 21 polling units, many voters were seen in the queues waiting for their turn to cast their votes.