Jethro Ibileke/Benin

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), in Edo State, Nosa Edosomwan, said that the failure of opposition parties to remove President Muhammadu Buhari ​in the presidential election conducted two weeks ago was responsible for the low turnout of voters​ in the state assembly election.

Edosomwan who is Chairman of Ward 11, Ikpoba-Okha local government area of the State, spoke to journalists after casting his ballot at Ward 11, unit 6. He said failure of the gang up by the various opposition political parties who wanted Buhari out at all cost made them to be ashamed to come out to vote.

“I am not surprised at the low turnout of voters today. During the presidential election, most people came out en mass to vote, because they had wanted to remove President Muhammadu Buhari at all cost. But that gang up failed, so, they are ashamed to come out to vote today,” he said.

Also speaking to our correspondent, a member of one of the opposition party who gave his name as Amielomen Idemudia, corroborated Edosomwan’s claim.

He said the low turnout is in protest of the declaration ofk Buhari as winner of the presidential election held two weeks ago.

He said “Most people are highly disappointed that President Muhammadu Buhari won in the last Saturday presidential elections and so, do not see the reason for coming out to cast their votes.”

On his part, Samson Abebe, who voted at ward 6, unit 46, Ikpoba-Okha, attributed the low turn out to an alleged rumour that the election was going to be bloody.

According to him, “There was rumor that the election could be bloody, and so, the electorate decided to stay in their various houses to avoid being caught up in the cross fire.”