Residents of Akoko North East and Akoko North West federal constituencies in Ondo State are out of their numbers to elect a member to characterize them within the Home of Representatives.
BusinessDay reviews that the seat grew to become vacant because of the resignation of Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, who was appointed by President Bola Tinubu because the Minister of Inside final 12 months.
Our correspondent, who additionally monitored the election, may see the presence of heavy safety personnel stationed at junctions and different locations to take care of legislation and order throughout the election.
As early as 7 a.m., heavy safety had guarded the main roads getting into the 2 native governments.
Safety businesses, together with the Nigeria Police Drive (NPF), the Nigeria Safety and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigeria Military (NA), had been seen at strategic areas within the two councils.
Personnel of police and civil defence had been additionally seen at polling centres, simply as safety males in patrol automobiles had been additionally on floor.
The officers of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) arrived early at a lot of the polling centres in Ikare-Akoko whereas many electorates had been seen checking their names on the voter register pasted on partitions and boards.
Additionally, there have been no business actions within the city as outlets and markets had been locked and just a few business motorcyclists had been seen plying the highway as at 7:30 am.