FCT polls: Tinubu’s signing of Electoral Act reason for low turnout – Sowore

Human rights activist Omoyele Sowore has attributed the low turnout in the FCT area council elections to the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill by President Bola Tinubu.

Sowore made this claim on Saturday at the 001 Polling Unit, LEA Primary School, Kabusa, Abuja Municipal Area Council, AMAC.

The former presidential candidate stated that a lot of Nigerians have lost confidence and trust in the electoral process.

“What we have discovered is that more and more of our people are no longer voting, and I think it was made adverse by the newly signed electoral law, which doesn’t give transparency the oxygen it needs because democracy needs one oxygen, that’s trust.

“The moment trust is lost, people stay at home because there is nothing more voluntary than voting – you take your money, you take your time, and if you feel like the thing is not going to produce the results you want, you don’t leave your house,” he said.

The publisher of Sahara Reporters, however, said the FCT elections are not the elections that Nigerians are focusing on, but 2027 general elections.