The Ondo State gubernatorial election commenced at 8:30 am on Saturday in Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West LGAs of the state with giant turnout of voters

Officers of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) had been seen at a number of the polling items visited attending to the voters.

At Iyometa Ward 1, Unit 1; Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 007 and Ikado Ward 2, Unit 5 in Ikare-Akoko and in addition at Ugbe Akoko, Ward 3, Unit 2, election commenced at 8:30 amnesty.

Talking with journalists, Vincent Ugboma, the Presiding Officer (PO) at Ikado Ward 1, Unit 001, stated that there was slightly delay as a result of BVAS malfunctioning, however the challenge had been sorted out.

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Ugboma stated that voters began popping out in giant numbers, including that over 50 individuals had been accredited and have voted within the unit by 9:00 am.

“The voters are a lot; there may be must divide the unit into two in order that it may very well be managed successfully by the electoral officers,” he stated.

Additionally, in Ikado Ward2, Unit 13, Felix Adedoja, the Presiding Officer, stated that the election had been going properly with none hitch.

He, nevertheless, stated that a number of the voters had been impertinent and unruly.

Surajudeen Yakubu, 32, a physically-challenged particular person, who forged his vote at Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 008, urged the electoral physique to permit the votes to rely.

Yakubu additionally suggested individuals with disabilities, PWDs, to all the time train their proper in any given election, including “being a PWD mustn’t restrict them from exercising their rights”.