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We shall be bringing to you live reports across Osun as eager electorates troop out today September 22 to elect a successor to Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
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Live reports from Osun state:
10:00 am: The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Osun State governorship election Isiaka Oyetola has voted in the ongoing election.
Oyetola
APC candidate Oyetola votes
9:20 am: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke has voted in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State.
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Ademola Adeleke casting his vote.
8:45am: INEC officials are sensitising electorates at ward 4 in Ifelodun local government area of the state. There is presence of policemen, NSCDC personnel and soldiers on ground here.
Voters in PU 009, Ward 9 ready for the exercise
8:32am: At Ward 4 in Osogbo local government area, there’s a large turnout of voters and electoral personnel are present and setting up voting materials.
Image from Oriade council shows voters getting set for accreditation
8:30am: As at 7:20, electorates, including many women, had already gathered at Ota Efun area, waiting for INEC officials to begin the voting process.
8:10am: Reports from Ife Central say INEC officials are taking out the posters of candidates at a polling unit in ward 1. There’s a high turnout of voters, and policemen are on ground.
8:02am: Accreditation and voting commenced exactly at 8:00am at polling unit 004 in Osogbo.
8:00am: In the Oriade local government area, security agents have arrived at the Ipetu Ijesa Ward 10 and INEC officials are seen getting set to begin the voting process.
Image from Ipetu Ijesa in Oriade LGA (courtesy Situation Room)
7:52am: These electorates mean business as they arrived the Ward 8, unit 9 Ife East very early to check their names.
Image from Ife East (courtesy Situation Room)
7:50am: At Ede south Alajue 1, Ward 4 Polling Unit 8, electoral officials have arrived, preparing for the election.
At Ede south Alajue 1, Ward 4 Polling Unit 8, @inecnigeria officials have arrived, preparing for today’s task. #OsunDecides2018 pic.twitter.com/hapMfTXIXa
— CDD West Africa (@CDDWestAfrica) September 22, 2018
7:45am: The Independent National Electoral Commission appears not to be taking anything for granted as the commission has released a contact line, 0908-4444-333, for reporting of any act of vote-buying.
#OsunDecides2018
Together we Say No to Vote Buying. Your PVC is Your Power, use it wisely today. Call INEC on 0908-4444-333 to report vote buying. pic.twitter.com/SmA74HO5hL
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) September 22, 2018
7:30am: INEC officials have arrived at Ward 4 Unit 13, Fagbewesa Street Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
INEC officials arrive a polling unit in Osogbo, the Osun state capital (image courtesy Punch)
7:00am: Below are facts on 2018 Osun Election:
1,687,492 registered voters
48 governorship candidates
1,246,915 PVC distributed
3010 polling units
332 registration areas
30 local governments
4,700 card readers
Over 40 local and international observers
5:40am: Meanwhile, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked why did the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, not withdraw policemen attached to Governor Rauf Aregbesola as he did to Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, before the conduct of the Ekiti governorship election.
5:30am: The Osun state Resident Electoral Commission, Olusegun Agbaje, on Friday cautioned politicians against misinterpreting its electoral rules for their selfish aims. He reiterated that it was not true that the commission had asked voters not to come to polling units with their phones. Read full report here.
5:15am: Forty-eight political parties will today battle for the governorship position in Nigeria’s Land of Virtue even as election umpire, the INEC, has warned against vote-buying.
As we await the commencement of the polls, let’s recap some stories in the buildup to the election.
5:00am: The D-Day is here. Good morning and welcome to our situation room.
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