By CHARLES IWUOHA

The ongoing Governorship and state Houses of Assembly elections across Ebonyi State is recording low turnout of voters unlike the February 25 Presidential and National Assembly elections that recorded massive turnout of the voters.

In most of the polling units visited by our correspondent, few voters were seen exercising their franchise.

At Amudo Primary School polling unit in Ezza South local government area of the state, one of the voters, Paul Onyia attributed the apathy to difficulties of the voters in accessing their polling units because of lack of logistics.

The situation was the same in Orie Egbe market square polling unit in the local government when News Express visited.

But the state Commissioner for Health, Dr. Daniel Umezuruike, who voted in his Onu Ofukuru polling unit, Umunaga ward 2 in Uburu community, Ohaozara local government area of the state, said he can't determine if there is apathy at the poll until voting was concluded

He said: "So far so good. The turnout is so good for the governorship election. But I can't compare the turn out with that of presidential untill the voting is concluded".

Meanwhile, there were reports of ballot snatching in some areas in the state

In Umuezeokaha, Ezza North local government area of the state, thugs reportedly snatched ballot box unchallenged.

In Omege and Ekka communities also in Ezza North local government area, the same ballot box snatching were recorded.

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