Lagos LG Poll: Why We Voted in Spite of Heavy Downpour - Lagosians

In spite of the heavy downpour, many lagosians
have defied the weather to go all out to perform
their civic duties as regards the Lagos LG Poll.
Some voters in Lagos on Saturday said they
turned out for the council elections in spite of an
unfavourable weather in demonstration of
patriotism and contribution to democratic
development.
The rain, accompanied with thunderstorms, began
in Lagos at 5.00a.m. and lasted for more than
two hours before subsiding in many areas. Cross
section of Voters Queuing for accreditation and
Voting, at unity 10, world A6, Ogunmodede juniors
college, Epe, Epe Local Government Area, during
the 2017 Lagos State Local Government Election
by Lagos state Independent Electoral Commission,
LASIEC, on. 22/07/2017.
The showers, however, returned after some time,
drenching some voters who defied it to cast their
votes in many areas, while others found shades to
avoid such experience as they waited to have
their turn.
Some voters who spoke to NAN in Surulere, Ebute
Meta, Ikotun and some other parts of the state
said that they believed that their votes would
count.
Forty-five-year-old Mrs Monsurat Adebayo, told
NAN at Polling Unit 006 on Raufu Williams Road,
Surulere that she had been looking forward to
voting in the elections. Adebayo said: “I used to
live in this neighbourhood and have moved to
another, but I had to drive down here to cast my
vote as a patriotic Nigerian.
“I also intend to go and talk to my friends in the
neighbourhood to come out to vote.
“I am impressed that some people turned out for
the polls in spite of the rain. I am also happy that
voting is peaceful.“
A 27-year-old student, Mr Seun Dosunmu, also
said that he was determined to vote for credible
candidates for a better future. “I hope the whole
exercise turns out successful,“ he told NAN.
A trader, Mrs Zainab Belly, who has lived for 20
years in Ward 5, Itire-Ikate LCDA, said that she
was happy to vote to contribute to the grow of
democracy.
“I see no reason why today’s election should be
violent because we had been waiting for it.
“ We are peaceful people living in this area; we
want the best for our council area and the whole
state,” she said.
An electrician, Mr John Ahmed, told NAN in the
ward that he had also been looking forward to
voting for the candidate of his choice who, he
said, would develop the area.
At a polling unit located at St. Peter’s Anglican
Primary school on Apapa Road in Ebute Meta,
delayed arrival of electoral officers and materials
made some male residents desiring to cast their
votes to resort to football playing.
They said that they would wait to cast their votes
to demonstrate their patriotism. In Ikorodu, Mr
Sanai Agunbiade, Majority Leader, Lagos State
House of Assembly commended the electorate for
coming out in spite the rain.
Agunbiade encouraged the youths to come out en
masse and vote for candidates of their choice, as
the process was to develop the communities and
grassroots. He cast his vote around 11:00am at
Ward F in Ikorodu central.
(NAN)