…As voter apathy observed across states
The collation of results of the 2023 Governorship elections held in 28 of Nigeria’s 36 states on Saturday is still on-going, even as the supporters of the different governorship candidates anxiously await the final results.
The governorship and State assembly elections were held a week later than initially scheduled after a court case forced INEC to move them forward.
Eight of the 36 states — Anambra, Bayelsa, Edo, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun, and Ondo — have governorship elections “off-season” due to litigations and court judgements.
According to media reports, voter apathy was observed during the exercise in every state of the federation. The development was attributed to the outcome of the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25, which left some Nigerians disappointed following alleged manipulations/election fraud.
In alphabetical order, the 28 states where governorship elections were on March 18 are Abia, Adamawa, Akwa-Ibom, Bauchi, Benue, Borno, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi, Enugu, Gombe, Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Oyo, Plateau, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara.
