Babatunde Fashola, governor, Lagos, who voted at ward 3, unit 002, Itolo, Surulere, commended the process. He arrived at the polling unit at about 1:40 pm and waited in the long queues with his wife and son, before casting his vote at about 3: 50pm. He said the process was “so far peaceful.”
According to Fashola, “Here in my unit, it is so far, so good. But the process is not over because people are still voting. If the majority of Nigerians want free and fair elections, the minority would not decide otherwise.
“People have really turned out and we have not experienced any problem here. It is not finished yet until all other process has been completed we will all accept the result once it is finished.”
Speaking on the hitches experienced in some other polling units across the country, card readers and late arrival of INEC officials, Fashola said there was no country in the world with perfect elections, charging the electoral umpire to ensure that willing voters are not disenfranchised. The governor added, “What I would continue to appeal for is that whatever can still be done to give people an opportunity to participate no matter how late it should be done.
That’s the much I can say. “Don’t forget that this is a logistic operation go- ing on nationwide, where you plan for the worst and hope for the best. Some- times, they just happen to anyone and we move on.
These are some of the realities of our lives and there are no perfections here. What is important here is that nobody should be seen sabotaging the process.” The governor had his accreditation at the same polling unit at 10:30 am.
