Ondo South By-Election: APM Candidate Blames Low Voter Turnout On Hardship, Insecurity

The candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) in Saturday’s Ondo South Senatorial District by-election, Adeolu Akinwumi, has attributed the low voter turnout recorded across the district to economic hardship and insecurity.
Akinwumi, who spoke with journalists after monitoring the exercise, described the election as peaceful and transparent despite reports of BVAS network challenges in some polling units.
“I think it has been a very peaceful conduct so far. I don’t like to characterise it as a very low turnout, but I think the process has been very peaceful and seemingly transparent thus far,” he said.
Reacting to reports of BVAS malfunction, the APM candidate said he had not p...