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Ondo guber: High turnout of voters witnessed in Akoko

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The Ondo State gubernatorial election commenced at 8:30 am on Saturday in Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West LGAs of the state with large turnout of voters

Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were seen at some of the polling units visited attending to the electorate.

At Iyometa Ward 1, Unit 1; Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 007 and Ikado Ward 2, Unit 5 in Ikare-Akoko and also at Ugbe Akoko, Ward 3, Unit 2, election commenced at 8:30 amnesty.

Speaking with journalists, Vincent Ugboma, the Presiding Officer (PO) at Ikado Ward 1, Unit 001, said that there was a little delay due to the BVAS malfunctioning, but the issue had been sorted out.

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Ugboma said that voters started coming out in large numbers, adding that over 50 persons had been accredited and have voted in the unit by 9:00 am.

“The electorate are much; there is need to divide the unit into two so that it could be managed effectively by the electoral officials,” he said.

Also, in Ikado Ward2, Unit 13, Felix Adedoja, the Presiding Officer, said that the election had been going well without any hitch.

He, however, said that some of the voters were impertinent and unruly.

Surajudeen Yakubu, 32, a physically-challenged person, who cast his vote at Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 008, urged the electoral body to allow the votes to count.

Yakubu also advised persons with disabilities, PWDs, to always exercise their right in any given election, adding “being a PWD should not limit them from exercising their rights”.

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