Elections: Desmond Elliot commends voters for maintaining peace, orderliness at polling units

Election

By Oladapo Udom and Jide Awoyinfa

Lagos, March 9, 2019 (NAN) Mr Desmond Elliot, a contestant for the Lagos State House of Assembly, (APC- Surulere 1) on Saturday commended the electorate for maintaining peace and order as they cast their votes.

Elliot gave the commendation after he had voted during the ongoing Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly elections at Polling Unit 020, Onitolo Community High School 1, Ward 06, Gbaja/Stadium in Surulere Local Government Area.

He also commended the people of his ward for conducting themselves in an orderly manner during the Presidential and National Assembly elections and advised them to replicate same during and after the ongoing elections.

We have experienced no form of violence since the elections started two weeks ago.

I am happy with the conduct of the people in my ward and I hope that they will continue to maintain the peace till the elections are concluded, he told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Desmond Elliot, (APC-Surulere 1) casting his vote at Polling Unit 020, Onitolo Community High School 1, Ward 06, Igbaja/Stadium, Surulere Local Government Area, Lagos, on Saturday March 9, 2019. (NAN Photo)

According to Elliot, the election process, which has been fast and straight forward, has enabled people to vote quickly and leave for their homes.

This had made it to appear as if the turnout at the various polling units were low, he said.

People have voted and gone back home, which is why it appears as if the turnout, is low but people have actually voted.

The process has been free and fair and no issue of malfunctioning of the card readers has been recorded, Elliot, currently representing (APC-Surulere 1) at the Lagos State House of Assembly, told NAN.

Elliot assured the people of his constituency that he would continue to serve them with humility and champion developments in different sectors if voted in to serve them again. (NAN)

OUU/BAG/VIV/PAD ================ Editing by Vivian Ihechu/Peter Dada

Editing by Vivian Ihechu