The election is holding barely one month before the end of Governor Oyetola’s administration
General apathy by residents of Osun across the 33 local government areas on Saturday marred the ongoing council election in the state.
NAN correspondents gathered in Osogbo, Olorunda, Ejigbo, Iwo, Egebedore, Ife East, Ilesa West, Ilesa East, Atakumosa East and Atakumosa West Local Governments, that only in in few cases, there was poor turnout of electorate. At Polling Units, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Ward 3, Asubiaro, Osogbo, less than 100 accredited voters were recorded as of 11:00 a.m.
At some Polling Units in Ile-Ife, it was observed that some officials of OSIEC arrived late at their polling units. In many polling centres, only agents with APC tags were seen with only few voters present as of the time of the visit at about 11.30 a.m.
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