An Anambra indigene resident in United Kingdom, Mr Ikechukwu Onyia, who is also an ardent supporter of Mr Peter Obi has mocked Nigeria over its recently conducted election, after casting his vote in England.
Onyia apparently referring to the INEC conducted poll in Nigeria which has been described as a sham, said no one bullied him, or tried to force him to vote against his wish, or even reminded him that he was not English.
He said the entire voting process took him about three minutes, saying that he voted at about 6pm, after close of work.
The situation was obviously at variance with the condition in Nigeria, where people spend an entire day to cast their votes, while many leave injured, and some others killed.
Onyia prayed that Nigeria would get to a point where she would be able to hold seamless elections. He also listed the procedure he took, to become a registered voter in UK.
Read him below…
2023 UK Local Election: I voted today(May 4th) without being harassed even though I am a Nigerian
…But in Nigeria, Someone Nigerians were stopped from voting in Nigeria by Political lunatics
I arrived at my polling station at 6:18 pm and cast my vote by 6:20 pm.
I was asked for my street name with House Number which I told them. They then requested my ID card which I show them. They used it to check my name at the voters register which tallied with my name in their register.
Then, I was issued a ballot paper which I took and went to a designated area and tick the party I wanted to vote for, and slotted the ballot paper into a box.
All these processes did not take a total of 3 minutes even though I met three other voters when I got there.
You won’t see anyone telling you to vote for Mr A or Mr B.
Voting is open from 7 am to 10 pm. You just plan when you will have time between 7 am to 10 pm.
How did I register to vote? I registered through my phone online and they sent my registration information to my house address. Very Simple.
Nobody said that I should not vote in England because I am a Nigerian, but in my country, Nigeria, some of our citizens were stopped from Voting because some lunatics said that they are not from a particular state and the Authority was so weak to protect citizens and victims of this organized crime in which gave them the audacity to brutalize Nigerians in Nigeria in the name of election.
In Nigeria, to register for vote is stress. To collect Your PVC is another issue. To vote is another issue.
I pray that we will get it right in my country, Nigeria one day.
Oh, Nigeria!
– Ikechukwu Emeka Onyia II
May 4th, 2023.
