Saturday, April 11, 2015

El-Rufai blames voter apathy on PDP’s threat

All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Kaduna State, Malam Nasir el-Rufai, attributed the low turnout of voters to an alleged threat by the Peoples Democratic Party to cause chaos in the state.
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Meanwhile, state Governor Mukhtar Yero said shortly after accreditation in Zaria ob Saturday told his supporters and the entire people of state to accept the outcome of the elections.


Speaking to newsmen shortly after casting his vote, El-Rufai blamed the low turnout on the threat by the PDP-led government to unleash terror on the electorate.


El-Rufai said the electorate were afraid to turn up at their polling units as a result of the threat.


The former FCT minister, who was accredited at about 9.55am, also commended INEC’s improvement on Saturday’s election, noting that”accreditation commenced on time compared to that of the Presidential election.”


He expressed satisfaction with the use of the card reader, which he described as effective.

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