The ongoing governorship and state House of Assembly elections in the country is recording low turn out of voters in Ebonyi State unlike the presidential and National Assembly elections that recorded massive turn out of the voters.
In most of the polling units visited by our correspondent, few voters were seen exercising their franchise.
At Amudo Primary School polling unit in Ezza South local government area of the state, one of the voters, Paul Onyia attributed the apathy to difficulties of the voters in accessing their polling units because of lack of logistics.
The situation was the same in Orie Egbe market square polling unit in the local government when New Telegraph visited.
But the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Benjamin Umezuruike who voted in his Onu Ofukuru polling unit, Umunaga ward 2 in Uburu community, Ohaozara local government area of the state, said he can’t determine if there is apathy at the poll until voting was concluded.
He said “so far so good. The turn out is so good for the governorship election. But I can’t compare the turn out with that of presidential untill the voting is concluded”.
Meanwhile, there were reports of ballot snatching in some areas in the state.
In Umuezeokaha, Ezza North local government area of the state, thugs reportedly snatched ballot box unchallenged.
In Omege and Ekka communities also in Ezza North local government area, the same ballot box snatching were recorded.
