Osun 22: Oyetola, deputy, LP\’s Yusuf vote

GOVERNOR Adegboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has cast his vote along with his wife in the Osun State governorship election.

The couple voted today at about 11:04 am at polling unit 2 Ward 1, Local Authority Primary School in Boripe Local Government Area of the state.

Governor Oyetola and his wife arrived at the polling station at about 10:37 am after which they joined the queue to cast their votes.

They were welcomed by a cheering crowd of supporters, some of whom are in the queue waiting to also cast their votes.

Some minutes after joining the queue, the governor and his wife took turns getting accredited by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

After they were cleared, they picked up their ballot papers and proceeded to the cubicle where they cast their votes and deposited the paper in the ballot box.

Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi, has also voted in the ongoing governorship election holding in the state.

Alabi, who is also Oyetola’s running mate, cast his vote at about 10:30 at Ward 06 Unit 007 Sango area of Ikire, the headquarters of Irewole Local Government Area.

Speaking in an interview with journalists after the election, Alabi expressed confidence that his party would win the poll comfortably.

He said, “My expectation is that we are winning the election. The turnout is also impressive.”

Meanwhile, Labour Party’s Lasun Yusuf has cast his vote.

He cast his ballot today at about 10:20 am at one of the polling units in Irepodun Local Government Area of the state.

Yusuf, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, decried the long time it took him to be accredited by the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS).

According to him, it took more than 10 minutes to get done with his accreditation and that will waste a lot of time if such a situation persists.

When asked to assess the performance of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agency in the election so far, the governorship candidate declined to make any remark.

For him, it is barely two hours into the election, and it will be too early to make any comment in that regard.

Yusuf, however, warned against vote-buying and vote-selling, saying Nigeria would be in trouble if allowed to thrive in the ongoing election.