The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party, has won at the polling unit of former Governor Rashidi Ladoja.
There has been a widespread rumour that Ladoja was not in support of the second term ambition of Makinde, a rumour which was publicly debunked by the ex-governor.
The PDP polled 98 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress’ candidate, Teslim Folarin, who scored 35 votes at unit 17, ward 10 in the Ibadan North Local Government Area of the state.
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The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress and incumbent Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, won the polling unit of the President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
The APC candidate polled 43 votes, his closest contender, the Labour Party candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, had five votes, while the National Rescue Movement had one vote.
Meanwhile, there was low turnout of voters at the PU as 50 people voted out of 324 registered voters.
Abule egba ward 053
Registered voters 750
No: of vote cast 107
House of Assembly
APC 68
PDP 10
LP 21
ADC 1
ADP 1
AA 2
Void 4
Governorship
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AD 2
ADP 1
PDP 8
LP 20
APC 72
Governor Seyi Makinde, the Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo state has won his polling unit.
Makinde voted at Ward 11, Unit 01, Abayomi Iwo-Road in Ibadan North East Local Council.
He has 174 votes while the All Progressives Congress (APC) scored 28, Accord Party scored 5, Labour Party scored 3 votes.
Four votes were voided.
For the House Of Assembly poll, the PDP scored 160 votes, APC scored 30, Accord 9 and the Labour Party (LP), scored 5 votes.
Nine votes were voided.
In a related development, Makinde was announced winner of the polling unit of candidate of Accord Party, Bayo Adelabu.
Makinde of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled 60 to defeat Adelabu of Accord, who scored 38 and Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with 22 votes.
Adelabu cast his vote at polling unit 10, Ward 9 in Ibadan South East Local Government area of the state
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The total registered voters is 472, while accredited is 138.
Governor Babajide Sanwoolu while casting his vote this morning advised the voters to be peaceful and abide by the rules and regulations of INEC.
He also said the electorates have the power to decide who will govern them over the next 4 years and they should come out and vote without fear of intimidation.
Governor Sanwoolu votes in Lagos Governorship elections and asks Lagosians to come out and vote.
Oyo state Governor Engineer Seyi Makinde has cast his vote at Unit 01, Ward 11 Abayomi area Iwo Road, Ibadan North East, Oyo State.
Makinde on Saturday expressed hope that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will be free and fair in the ongoing governorship and house of assembly elections.
The governor, after casting his vote, said he was impressed with the turnout of voters.
He, however, expressed hope that more voters will come out before voting ends.
Oyo State governor’s wife, Mrs Tamunominini Makinde, casting her vote at Ward 11, Unit 8, at the North East Local Govern
INEC officials at Victor olaiya/idahosa aguda polling unit in Surulere, Lagos, insist that results won’t be uploaded at the polling unit.
She said results will only be uploaded at the “center” where they claimed there’s network
Soldiers providing security in Enugu State for the governorship and House of Assembly elections have reportedly arrested 140 thugs with arms and ammunition in the university town of Nsukka in the Nsukka Local Government Area.
Sources told our correspondent that the hoodlums were picked up at about 7:30 am on Saturday at a popular Carolina hotel, Nsukka.
Also, three hoodlums were arrested at the Independent National Electoral Commission office in Nsukka.
According to a security source, the thugs who were fully armed with weapons including AK-47 rifles have confessed to having been deployed by the chairman of the local government, Walter Ozioko.
Meanwhile, efforts to speak to Ozioko were unsuccessful as he could not pick up his call.
Four hoodlums have been arrested with a pistol and a knife while on their way to polling units in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
The hoodlums were arrested at Sapon in Abeokuta-South Local Government Area as the governorship and state house of assembly elections were commencing on Saturday morning.
A soldier at the roadblock in Sapon, who does not want his name in print because he’s not authorized to speak on the matter, confirmed to our correspondent that four persons have been arrested with dangerous weapons which include a gun and a knife.
He said, “When you see soldiers being hard on anyone, he is not just punishing anyone.
“We arrested four people with guns and knives. What are they doing with the gun and knife at the polling unit?
“I ask you, can you tell me what a voter wants to do with a gun and a knife?
“If they escape from the police, they cannot escape from soldiers; we will catch them.”
Meanwhile, another suspected hoodlum was seen doing a frog jump under the Sapon bridge after being caught by some security operatives.
Katsina State Governor Aminu Masari’s nephew has died in a fatal accident.
The accident which happened on Saturday also claimed the lives of two security operatives.
The incident was said to have happened while the trio was driving to the governor’s hometown for the election.
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