Voting ongoing at Ugbonla, IlajeSecurity agents keeping vigil in the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State have arrested some suspected hoodlums at Igbokoda, Ilaje, for allegedly snatching ballot boxes.
Police officials said the suspects were chased from interior communities to the Igbokoda jetty where they were arrested.
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They were taken to a police station where the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, declined to speak to journalists.
However, the spokesperson of the police in the state said he has not been briefed on the arrest, promising to get back to journalists on the matter.
Although the election is progressing with little violence, unknown gunmen killed a chieftain of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, Afolabi Olaposi, on Thursday night in Owo town.
In preparation for the election, the Nigeria Police Force deployed 26,000 personnel, three helicopters, 12 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) and 20 gunboats to Ondo State.
The civil defence corps also deployed about 15,000 of its personnel.
There was a confirmation of high presence of security officials in voting units and strategic locations across the state.
14.46: Result: Arakale/ Adam’s House, Akure South LGA Unit 1 Ward 7
PDP: 50
APC: 38
AD: 24
14.56: Arakale Ward 7, Unit 4, PDP: 35 APC: 30 AD: 18
15.13: St Brendan’s Primary School, Akure. Eyitayo Jegede’ polling unit.
APC: 77
AD: 32
PDP: 184
15.32: Unit 6, Ward 10, Akure South LGA. PDP: 100, APC: 115 AD: 63
OndoDecides: PDP’s Jegede wins polling unit, takes early lead in Akure
Eyitayo Jegede, the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, won his polling unit with a wide margin as vote counting commenced across Ondo State.
Results from St. Brendan’s Primary School in Akure, where Mr. Jegede cast his ballot Saturday morning, show that the PDP candidate scored 184 votes to beat his major contenders.
APC’s Rotimi Akeredolu came in a distant second with 77 votes while the candidate of the Alliance for Democracy, Olusola Oke, scored 32 votes.
The result mirrors others that have so far come in from many polling units across Akure, the state capital and Mr. Jegede’s stronghold.
In Arakale/Adam’s House, Akure South LGA, Unit 1, Ward 7, the PDP had 50 votes, APC, 38 and AD, 24,
In Arakale Ward 7, Unit 4, PDP had 35 votes, APC, 30; and AD, 18.
An estimated 1.3 million residents are registered to vote in today’s exercise, where the candidates are expected to show their strength in their respective strongholds.
Mr. Akeredolu and his APC are believed to have a strong presence in Ondo North, especially in Owo while Mr. Oke is expected to poll strongly in Ondo South, particularly in Ilaje and Okitipupa. Results from those parts of the state are still being expected.
15.57: Unit 13, ward 4 Akure South LGA
PDP – 116
APC – 134
AD – 72
Unit 009 Ojo’s compound, Akure South LGA, PDP: 83. APC: 115. AD: 44
16.00: Unit 17 voting point 2 Ore ward 1 Odigbo LGA
APC. – 63
AD. – 59
PDP. – 16
SDP. – Nil
16.21: Ward 5, Unit 27, Abiodun Street, Akure South LGA
PDP – 78
APC – 94
AD – 40
17.05:Thugs and malfunction of card readers plagued Omotoso, units 18 and 19, ward 3, Okitipupa Local Government Area.
Officials said for two hours, the machine refused to read the cards. The voters waited for hours until INEC deployed a technical personnel to fix the problem.
Thugs came troubling the units, but the police was called in to ward them off.
Just as counting was about to start, the thugs returned and the police had to be called in again.
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