Sowore Reveals Real Reason for Low Voter Turnout in FCT Council Elections

The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, on Saturday attributed the low voter turnout recorded in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Area Council elections to the signing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill into law by President Bola Tinubu.

Sowore made the claim while speaking with newsmen at the 001 Polling Unit, LEA Primary School, Kabusa, in Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC). He said many Nigerians have lost confidence and trust in the electoral process.

He said, “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 to the oxygen it needs because democracy needs one oxygen, that’s trust.”

He further stated that, “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.”

Sowore added that the low turnout and apathy had been anticipated, which was why warnings were issued regarding the handling of the Electoral Amendment Bill by the National Assembly.

“And that’s what we were warning them when they were signing their electoral law that is not about activists, it’s about the future of the country.

“If you want people to have faith in democracy, you must give them what they ask for, and that is democracy but I am going around today because this is one of my communities, Kabusa”, he stated.

However, he noted that the FCT elections are not the primary focus for Nigerians, pointing instead to the 2027 general elections.

“This is not the election that is going to be the most important, it’s 2027, that is going to be the race election, and you must arm yourself, not with weapons, but with knowledge, intellect, and commitment, and conviction to change the course of history in this country”, he added.

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