Violence won’t stop us next weekend —Lagos youths on Elections

A survey conducted by the newspaper showed that the voting group which was in majority in last Saturday’s election was undeterred by the violence unleashed by thugs during the polls.

Most young voters in the state have professed to be anti-establishment and are believed to have contributed to the upset recorded in the presidential election in the state.

A student, Sola Tobi, said he voted in the last election and was certain to vote in next Saturday’s governorship election.

According to him, gone are the days when he would sit back in his house on days like these and not participate in voting.

Tobi noted that times were changing and so was political consciousness among the youth, adding that the choice to vote or not “goes a long way to determine the leadership of a country” and this was the reason he had chosen to vote.

He urged the security agents to treat young voters with care, saying all they were doing was for a better country.

Shofesan Cole, an entrepreneur in the state, explained that voting was his fundamental right and that he would vote in the next election to fulfil this right.

Cole noted that intimidation and harassment characterised the last elections and same should be averted next week.

Tribune