OSUN POLL: EDE RESIDENTS TROOP OUT EARLY TO CAST BALLOTS AS SECURITY TIGHTENS

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Agency Report

Residents of Ede, hometown of Osun State Governor and Accord Party governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, have trooped out early to various polling units to participate in Saturday’s governorship election.

As early as 6:30 a.m., vehicles were seen conveying voters and some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to different polling locations ahead of the commencement of voting.

Correspondents at some polling units also observed voters arriving from about 6:40 a.m., with some waiting for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to verify their names and complete the accreditation process.

Security presence was also heightened across Ede North and Ede South Local Government Areas, with personnel stationed at checkpoints to enforce the vehicular movement restriction announced by the police for the election.

Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were observed at some polling units as early as 6:50 a.m., ahead of the arrival of INEC officials and election materials.

While accreditation had commenced at some polling units visited, others were yet to begin the process, with INEC officials yet to display the lists of eligible voters at the time of observation.

Some of the polling units visited included Sagba Agbogunde Ward 2, Unit 9; Adogbe Ward 3, Unit 5; and CAC Ward 4, Unit 2, all in Ede North.

Others were Orita Alajue Ward 5, Unit 1; Obalaoye Ward 2, Unit 5; and Agip Ward 2, Unit 3, in Ede South.

The early turnout comes amid heightened security arrangements across the state as voters elect a governor for the next term.

Ede, located in Osun State, is the hometown of Governor Adeleke, who is seeking re-election on the platform of the Accord Party.

The election features Adeleke and other candidates, including Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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