Quoting from INEC data, NAN reports that of the 218,394 registered voters in Yenagoa Local Government Area , only 54,380 voters turned up for the exercise.
Duba, who spoke on Sunday at his country home in Nedugo community in Yenagoa LGA, suspects that beating the drum of war by political actors may have struck fear into the electorate, and they stayed away from voting, especially the non-indigenes in the area. But he described the accreditation and voting process as hitch-free, stating that there was no delay at all in unit 12, ward 7, where he voted. “I call on political actors not to beat the drums of war preparatory to elections.
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