Nigeria, July 12 -- Voter turnout was low during Saturday's local government chairmanship and councillorship elections across the Lagos Island East Local Council Development Area (LCDA), despite the early arrival of electoral officials and the timely start of voting.

At Polling Unit 013 on Moloney Street, voting began at exactly 8:10 a.m. after the accreditation of voters. Although the unit has 122 registered voters, about 11 people were seen in the queue at the start of voting.

Similar scenes of voter apathy played out across other polling units in the area. At Polling Unit 006, only 5 were accredited out of 62 registered voters.

Also, Polling Unit 007 recorded six out of 48 registered voters. Polling Unit 011, despite having 1,403 re...