Voters at PU 002 in Oloki/Akoda,
Ede South LGA Photo By Dapo
Akinrefon
In Ward 001, Ataoja E, many voters
said they were in the ward early to
do accreditation in time to cast
votes as quick as possible.
Mrs Titilayo Amoo, one of the
voters at Unit 16, Osogbo Local
Government, said she led some
other women to the unit early
enough to participate in the
election.
Mr Jolayemi Gabriel, 76, said he
was impressed that elder citizens
such as himself were at the polling
unit early enough.
However, Sulieman alleged that the
opposition party APC was
providing canopies for voters,
saying that it was not in line with
INEC guidelines.
Reacting to the allegation, Alhaji
Bashiru Ajebade, the leader of
Ward five Oke-Arungbo community
in Osogbo Local Government Area,
said the canopies were provided by
members of the community.
He said they were to be used in
the event of rainfall and to provide
shade for the elderly voters.
Mr Kayode Odewale from the same
ward, however, expressed
satisfaction with the turnout of
INEC and security officials.
He commended voters for coming
out on time to vote
Among the voters, who came out
early for accreditation, were elderly
women and men.
At Ward four, polling units 19 and
20 on Old Governor’s Office,
Osogbo, accreditation did not start
on time in spite of a massive turn-
out of voters.
The Presiding Officer, who wished
to be identified as Oluwasheyin,
apologised to voters for the “slight
delay’’, adding that they faced
some little challenges in setting up
some structures, coupled with the
rain shower.
She appealed to voters to be
orderly and remain within the
vicinity of the centre, to enable
them to vote immediately after
accreditation at 12.30 p.m.
At Ward 20 of the centre, election
materials arrived at about 7.20
a.m. where a Presiding Officer,
Festus Okoli, said they were well
secured.
Some of the voters whose names
were in the voters’ register, said
they were not listed alphabetically
as they expected.
The correspondents monitoring the
exercise in Ilesa West and East
local government, report that many
voters had queued as early as 6.30
a.m. waiting to be accredited.
At Unit 10, ward five, at African
Church Grammar School, Ilesha
West, anxious voters were already
in the queue waiting to be
accredited.
Mrs Adebimpe Oluwole, a 65-year
old woman,said that she arrived at
the polling unit at about 6:30 am
waiting for accreditation.
At Ilesa East, units 1 and 2, at Oke
Obanla, large numbers of voters
were seen checking their names on
the register.
There was heavy presence of
security operatives in each of the
polling units.
At the Unit seven, ward 1, at
Igbogi Junction, Orinkiran, the
exercise which started at 8 a.m.,
also witnessed a huge turnout of
electorate for registration, with
many of them checking their
names on the register.
Miss Abifoluwa Olorode, INEC ad
hoc worker, said that she arrived at
the unit around 7: 05 a.m.
Olorode said the turnout of the
electorate was impressive.
Unit one, Ward eight, Ifofin, Ilesha
East which is the polling unit of
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola, the All
Progressives Congress (APC)
candidate for the election,
witnessed a huge turnout of
voters.
Mrs. Sarafat Aregbesola, the
mother of Gov. Rauf Aregesola,
was the first voter to be
accredited.
Aregbesola said she was
impressed with the turnout of the
voters for the accreditation.
She expressed the belief that her
son, Aregbesola, would be re-
elected.
However, voters’ accreditation
started at 8 a.m. in most of the
polling units at Ilesha West and
East local government areas.
At Ward 1 in Ilode near Ife,
accreditation started at 8 a.m.
with appreciable turnout of voters.
Mrs Funke Akanni, a voter and
Alhaji Hassan Arogundade, 85,
said they came out as early as 8
a.m. and everything was peaceful.
The PDP National Secretary, Mr
Wale Oladipo, commended INEC for
adequate preparation and
arrangement, saying there was
enough security.(NAN)
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