In the recent Nigerian election held on February 25, there was a very low turnout of voters.
A report captured on the INEC platform indicated that out of the 93.5 million Nigerians who were eligible to vote and had Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), only 24.97 million people were able to cast their votes.
This means that only 29 percent of eligible voters participated in the election, which is the lowest turnout since 1999 when the country began conducting elections.
Comparing this election to the previous ones, it is even lower than the 35 percent and 43 percent turnout recorded in the 2019 and 2015 presidential elections respectively.
Despite the low turnout, Bola Tinubu from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) won the election with 8.79 million votes, which is equivalent to 35.2 percent of the total votes.
He was in a close race with Atiku Abubakar of the PDP who had 6.98 million votes, and Peter Obi of the Labour Party who won 6.1 million votes.
Is the low voter turnout a sign of political apathy or a lack of trust in the electoral system among Nigerians?
