There was heavy security presence within the Ibadan metropolis in Oyo State on Saturday as voters trooped to the polling centres to exercise their
NAN observed that as of 8.00 a.m, electoral officials had been at their duty posts, arranging their materials and awaiting the arrival of the voters.
The soldiers also mounted roadblocks around Mobil roundabout, Akinyemi area and in front of the police headquarters at Eleyele, stopping vehicles that were not on election duties and forcing them out of their vehicles to sit down and observe the goings-on.
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