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By Billy Graham Abel, Yola
Despite claims to preparedness, the Adamawa state local government elections has recorded an acute voter turnout due to late arrivals distribution and arrival of sensitive elections materials across the state.
The Sun gathered that voters arrived several polling units early to cast their votes but could not stay any longer as both election officials and materials were no where to be found as at 10:00 am.
The Sun reliably gathered that the delay was caused by the elections umpire, the Adamawa State Independent Electoral Commission (ADSIEC), who could not mobilise elections officials to their respective polling units.
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Sources who spoke to Daily Sun from across local governments in the state say, as at 10 am, elections officials and materials were yet to arrive most polling units in their local governments and most residents had defected to their farms by the time voting materials and officials arrived
In karewa ward, voting was yet to commence in several polling units as at 10am and as at1:30 pm there were only a few voters who turned out.
The Sun records shows that across four polling units within Yola North which has over 2985 registered voters only 58 persons voted i.e. only about 2% of voters in that area voted as at 2pm.
Figures from other local governments in the state suggests similar patterns of voter aparthy persist with the state.
