Osun 2018 Election News
08:00AM: Olugbon: Road leading to the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Osogbo barricaded by Police Armoured Personnel Carrier causing commuters to ply one way on the Gbongon-Oshogbo expressway.
Unit 007 Ilesa West
PDP 48,
APC 29
SDP 27
ADP 7
10:09PM: Beer parlours are open again with party supporters celebrating perceived victory even when INEC has not released the final election results.
7:20PM: Unit 2, Talaafia Ward, close to the Federal Polytechnic Ede, fighting going on currently, PDP agents trying to share money after being declared winner of the ward.
6:08PM: The Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested three suspects for vote buying during the Osun governorship election.
The suspects are Muriat Olalekan, 61,Hamzat Muniru,65 and Adeagbo Wasiu.
4:44PM: Jubilation at Senator Ademola Adeleke’s polling unit.
4:28PM: PDP’s governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke, wins Ward 2, Unit 10 Abogunde/Sagba in Ede
03:15PM: The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has won his polling unit
He polled 154 votes to defeat Gboyega Oyetola of the All Progressives Congress and other candidates at the Abogunde/Sagba ward 2, unit 9 in Ede
12:05 AM: Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola cast his vote for the 2018 Osun Gubernatorial Election at Ifofin ward 8 unit 1, Ilesa East.
11:22 AM: Governorship candidate of the SDP, Otunba Iyiola Omisore casting his vote at the moment.
11:22 AM: Governorship candidate of the SDP, Otunba Iyiola Omisore casting his vote at the moment.
11:15AM: A Party agent has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly attempting to buy votes in the ongoing Osun State governorship election.
It was gathered that , the agent had attempted to distribute money to voters at the Obada area of Ede in Ede Local Government Area.
10:57 AM: The candidate of the African Democratic Congress in the Osun governorship election, Fatai Akingbade, voted at
10.35am at Ward 3, Unit 123, Ogbagba,, Ola-Oluwa LGA
10:53 AM: The governorship candidate of the Providence People’s Congress, Prof Ife Adewumi, has said he has no complaint about the election yet. He said although it was too early to conclude that the election was satisfactory, he has no reason to complain yet.
10:18 AM: Deputy governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Justice Oloyede Folahanmi Olamide (retd.) being accredited by INEC official at ward 3 unit 8 (Oke Eso) Ilesa East Local Government Area.
10:11 AM: Osun State All Progressives Congress candidate, Gboyega Oyetola, arrives to cast his vote at Ward 1, Unit 2, Iragbiji, Boripe LGA.
09:18AM: At the polling unit of the former speaker, Osun State House of assembly, Hon Adejare Bello, Alawo Agbakin, ward 4, unit 3, Ede.
In a chat with our correspondent, Bello expressed satisfaction with the exercise stressing that he is fully on the ground to monitor the voting.
09:00AM: The gubernatorial candidate of PDP, Senator Ademola Adeleke just casted his vote at his polling unit, Abogunde Compound, Unit 009/02, Ede North LGA.
08:51AM: Early arrival of INEC officials and voters at Ward 4 Unit 10 Olobu Road in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area.
08:48AM: The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Senator Ademola Adeleke, was accredited and voted at about 8.08am at Abogunde ward 5, Unit 9 In Ede
08:44 AM: PDP governorship candidate,Senator Ademola Adeleke(in white), with his allies during visits to some heads and elders in Alagbede, Asunmo communities during the election in Ede on Saturday.
08:53 AM: At Orisunmibare Ward 5, Unit 1, in Ede South Local Government Area. Electorate are already seated, waiting to be accredited. Security agents and INEC officials are also getting modalities ready
At exactly 8.20 AM: Presiding officer opened the ballot box and read the code of the seal on the box to the election at Unit 001 Ward 08 of ELERIN B in Irepodun LG (PU:29/20/08/001).
8.15 AM: accreditation and voting already begun at PU 8, ward 2 , Ede North
8:10 AM: An INEC ad hoc staff lecturing the voters on the use of the ballot paper, at Ward 4, Unit 13, Osogbo LGA.
8:05 AM: At Orisunmibare Ward 5, Unit 1, in Ede South Local Government Area. Electorate are already seated, waiting to be accredited. Also security agents and INEC officials are getting modalities ready for accreditation, reports Success Nwogu
7:27 AM: In Ilobu, of Irepodun LGA. Voting materials have arrived all polling units and we await the commencement of the exercise.
The campaigns are over, the time has come Osun state residents to decide who will govern them for the next four years, The Osun State governorship election holds today September 22.
According to the document obtained by NAIJAPARY from Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, 48 political parties are contesting in the election.
Most notable among the gubernatorial candidates, not listed in order of political strengths, are Fatai Akinbade for the Advanced Democratic Congress (ADC); Moshood Adeoti for the Action Democratic Party (ADP); Gboyega Oyetola for the All Progressives Congress (APC); Ademola Adeleke for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP); and Iyiola Omisore for the Social Democratic Party (SDP).
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