#NigeriaDecides2023: El-Rufai laments low voter turnout at his polling unit

Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, has bemoaned the low turnout of voters at his polling unit in Kaduna.

El-Rufai was expected to vote at polling unit 024, Anguwan Sarki, Kaduna North LGA, Kaduna.

Speaking with journalists while in the queue, the Kaduna governor said the election has been going on smoothly in the state.

He appealed to voters in the state to come out and exercise their franchise.

“In Kaduna state so far, as at the time I came here, everything has been going on smoothly,” El-Rufai said.

“There have only been three incidents, last night a rice mill was attacked by people suspected to be PDP thugs, the police is investigating.

“This morning, we got a report of one incident in Southern Kaduna where BVAS and ballot boxes were snatched and in Soba where two ballot boxes were also snatched.

“Of course, these are no incidents at all because whether you snatch ballot boxes or BVAS or not, it doesn’t matter, the technology has gone beyond the primitive rigging system that political actors are used to.

So, I must commend INEC for this improvement, so far everything appears orderly across the state; all the reports we are getting are positive.

“My only concern is low voter turnout, people are not coming out to vote. And I want to appeal to everyone to please come out and vote because you have once in four years an opportunity to pick your leaders and you should take it seriously.

“There is still time between now and 2:30 pm to come out and vote. I have been here in the queue for the past 45 minutes, waiting for my turn to vote.

“My wife has voted because the queue for women surprisingly this time is shorter than that of men.

“So, I am appealing to finish cooking and come out to vote, because it is what you do today that will determine the direction of your state and country for the next four years.”