Osun election: Adeleke votes, lauds INEC, security agencies

The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Osun State, Sen. Ademola Adeleke, on Saturday, cast his vote at Ward 2 polling Unit 9 in Ede North Local Government Area of the state.

The BVAS initially rejected the thumbprint of Adeleke.

He was later accredited via facial recognition.

Adeleke, shortly after voting, commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for making the accreditation processes and voting smooth and easy.

He said the election was so far peaceful, expressing confidence of winning after the whole exercise and becoming the next governor of Osun State.

The governorship candidate also commended the security personnel for their commitment toward ensuring the safety of lives and property in the ongoing gubernatorial election.

According to INEC, the governorship election is taking place in all the 30 local government areas of Osun with 3,763 polling units and 332 registration areas.

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Ede North has total registered voters of 71, 750 for the governorship election, with 151 polling units, and 11 registration areas.

Also, Ede South has 54, 880 registered voters, with 89 polling units and 10 registration areas.

Though 15 political parties are participating in the election, the two contenders are Adeleke and the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Governor Gboyega Oyetola.

This would be the second time the two candidates would be meeting.

Both Oyetola and Adeleke contested for the Osun governorship seat in 2018, which Oyetola won after a rerun.

After the rerun election which took place in seven units, Oyetola won seven, while Adeleke won one.

At the end of the rerun, Oyetola polled 255,505 votes while the PDP candidate scored a total of 255,023 votes.

Although Adeleke had led Oyetola with 353 votes at the end of the first round of ballots, after the rerun, Oyetola won with 482 votes.

The Star