Large Turnout Of Voters As Kebbi Conducts LG Election

Ismail Bayo from Birnin Kebbi

Electorates in the 250 wards of Kebbi State on Saturday turned out enmass to vote in new executives into the 21 councils of the state.

As as at the time of filling this report, the situation report from the 21 local government areas of the state said the election was peaceful.

At the Governor Abubakar Poling Unit of Mai Alelu, Nassarawa 2, 001 units where the governor voted it was peaceful and people turned out to vote for the candidates of their choice..

While addressing newsmen at his Filin Maria polling unit where he voted in Birnin Kebbi, the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami appealed to contestants in the election to accept its outcome as the will of Allah. He called on people in the 21 local government areas of the state to vote APC in the election.

Speaking to journalists at the governor's polling unit, his brother Alhaji Ibrahim Bagudu one of APC stakeholders in the state expressed satisfaction over the way and manners the election was conducted and how the electorates conducted themselves.

He admonished all the contestants in the council polls to eschew any political rancour and allow the spirit of sportsmanship to guide them in the election. He urged APC supporters to vote for the party's candidates in the election.

At Ladan Nna Musa polling units, the presiding officer  Bala Mohammed said that the election started around 8;03am and the materials arrived at the polling unit at the stipulated time.

The Personal Assistant to Governor Alhaji Musa Farouk Enabo thanks the people of Kebbi State for coming out in large numbers to exercise the franchise. He also commended them for the orderly manner in the election.

He said "the peaceful nature of the election shows that people are ready to support the APC and voted for candidates of their choice," Enabo said.