ABEOKUTA – The Governorship and State House of Assembly elections commenced peacefully in earnest in Ogun State with eligible voters trooping out enmass to exercise their franchise.
Governor Dapo Abiodun of the All Progressives Congress, APC, voted at his unit 3 ward 1 in Regun area of Iperu town few minutes after 11.am while Oladipupo Adebutu voted at 10.59am at Ward 5, polling unit 4, Wesley Primary School Iperu.
Adebutu described the turn out of voters as impressive and expressed the hope that their expressed wishes would count at the end of the day.
At polling unit 011, ward 5 situating at Open field Wesley Nursery and Primary School Iperu, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC presiding officer, Aribisala Opeyemi, said voting commenced at 8.30 with turn out of the voters exceeding what witnessed during the Presidential and National Assembly elections.
Describing the BVAS performance as impressive, he disclosed that of the 719 registered voters at the unit, 76 voters have already been acredited as of 8.50am.
Also in Ward 5, polling unit 4, Wesley Primary School Iperu where the turn out was very high, the INEC presiding officer, Taiwo Opeyemi, said the BVAS performance was excellent and gave the number of registered voters at the unit as 750 while less than 100 have so far been accredited as of 8.49am.
Taiwo recalled that 230 people voted at the same unit during the last Presidential and National Assembly polls.
Same large turn out was equally experienced at polling unit 009, Ward 5, Appollo School Iperu in Ikenne Local Government Area.
Also, the governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Barr. Biyi Otegbeye scored the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC high in conducting the polls.
Otegbeye cast his vote at the State hospital, Ilaro, Ward 1, Unit 1, in Egbado South local government area of the state.
Speaking to journalists, Otegbeye said the electoral umpire has improved in its preparation unlike what Nigerians witnessed in the last Presidential and National Assembly elections
