Nigeria, June 19 -- Ekiti State voters will go to the polls on Saturday to elect a governor for another four-year term in an off-cycle governorship election.

Residents of the state have enthusiastically collected their Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), the ticket required to cast a ballot during the election. The last count by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) showed that 97.1 per cent of registered voters in the South-west state have collected their PVCs and are eligible to vote on Saturday.

Out of 1,059,360 registered voters, 1,028,929 have collected their PVCs. This leaves 30,431 PVCs uncollected. Whether the enthusiasm with which residents collected their PVCs will translate into the same rate of voter turnout on Satu...