The Acting Governor of Kebbi,??Alhaji Aminu Jega, has described the governorship re-run election in the state on Saturday as a “huge success’.
“In spite of the low turnout in the morning, the exercise has turned out a huge success in most parts of the state,’’? Jega told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Jega on Saturday after casting his vote at??Sabongari polling unit.
“ The voter turnout is impressive and all arrangements for the election are perfect,’ he declared.
The governor expressed optimism that the people would vote for the PDP because of its “tremendous ?achievements’’ over the years
“Observers may claim that there was a low turnout but you can see voters, particularly women, trooping out to vote,’’ he said.
Jega??appealed to the people of the state to continue to support government for the speedy development of the state.
Musa, who cast his vote at about 12.10 p.m., urged the people to remain peaceful and law-abiding so as to enjoy the fruits of democracy.
At Aliero, the hometown of a former Governor of the state,??Alhaji Adamu Aliero, the turnout of voters was also ?low, with some polling units recording very few voters mostly men. (NAN)