NewzIn Ilesa East, Ilesa West, Ede North, Boripe and Osogbo local government areas, voters were seen as early as 6:45 a.m. at some polling units The post #OsunDecides2026: Early turnout of voters, heavy security presence in Osogbo, Ede, Ilesa appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria. Residents of Ede in Osun State on Saturday trooped out to various polling units to exercise their civic rights in the ongoing governorship election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as early as 6:30 a.m., vehicles were seen conveying voters and some National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members to different polling units ahead of the exercise. Some voters arrived at their polling units as early as 6:40 a.m., waiting for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to verify their names and accredit them for voting. Security personnel were also seen at various locations across Ede North and Ede South Local Government Areas, manning checkpoints in line with the police order restricting vehicular movement during the election.
Local election observers were also sighted at some polling units monitoring developments ahead of the commencement of accreditation. Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) had arrived 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, INEC officials had yet to paste the names of eligible voters at some of the locations visited.
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 Local Government Area. Others were Orita Alajue Ward 5, Unit 1; Obalaoye Ward 2, Unit 5; and Agip Ward 2, Unit 3, in Ede South Local Government Area. NAN reports that Ede is the hometown of Gov.
Ademola Adeleke, the governorship candidate of the Accord Party. The post Osun Election: Ede voters troop to polling units appeared first on Vanguard News. The Osun governorship election commenced peacefully on Saturday, with a heavy security presence observed around polling units in some parts of the state.
The correspondents of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who monitored the election in Ilesa East, Ilesa West, Ede North, Boripe and Osogbo Local Government Areas, report that voters were seen as early as 6:45 a.m. at some of the polling units visited. At Ward D1, Unit 8 in Ilesa West council area, INEC officials were on the ground, while voters were seen checking their names on the pasted voters’ list.
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