The Managing Partner of SBM Intelligence, Ikemesit Effiong, has warned that low voter turnout could influence the outcome of elections, noting that it tends to favour the incumbent leaders.
“A low turnout scenario, which not only in Nigeria but right across the world tends to favour incumbents, so even though the President’s net ratings are low and they are actually the lowest of all the major candidates who are running in this cycle, a low turn scenario still portends good for the All Progressive Congress (APC) and the President”, he said on the breakfast show.
Speaking on the research, Effiong said, “In terms of turnout, what our respondents said right in this report is that they are very motivated, so these are likely voters, people who have their PVCs, above 18, legally empowered to vote in this cycle, and what a lot of them are saying is that they intend to come out to vote.”
