Kaduna Governor Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has prayed candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is declared President-elect in the next couple of days.
He lamented the low turnout of voters across the State and the reported cases of the ballot and BVAS snatching in some parts.
El-Rufai said: “We are grateful to Almighty God for bringing us to this day when all Nigerians will decide who will lead them for the next four years. In Kaduna State so far, as at the time I came here, everything has been going on smoothly, there have only been three incidents, last night a rice mill was attacked by people suspected to be PDP thugs, the police are investigating.
“This morning, we got a report of one incident in Southern Kaduna where BVAS and ballot boxes were snatched and in Soba where two ballot boxes were also snatched. Of course, these are no incidents at all because whether you snatch ballot boxes or BVAS or not, it doesn’t matter, the technology has gone beyond the primitive rigging system that political actors are used to.
“So, I must commend INEC for this improvement, so far everything appears orderly across the state; all the reports we are getting are positive.
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“My only concern is low voter turnout, people are not coming out to vote. And I want to appeal to everyone to please come to our and vote because you have once in four years the opportunity to pick your leaders and you should take them seriously.”
He added: “But, so far, everything has been peaceful, there are reports of only few incidents of electoral malpractice and we are confident that this will be sustained. May Allah choose for this country the best leaders.
“And of course in my view, my prayer is that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is declared the President-elect of Nigeria in the next couple of days.”