We shall be bringing to you live reports across Osun as eager electorates troop out today September 22 to elect a successor to Governor Rauf Aregbesola.
This thread is open to everybody in Osun State who is participating in one way or another during the election. Voters, observers, officials are encouraged to use the comment form below to report activities at the various polling unit and collation centres.
I wish Osun people a peaceful election. Live reports from Osun state:
2:07pm: Fuwape said that the number of votes in places where election was cancelled prevented the commission from declaring Ademola Adeleke of the PDP the winner.
2:00pm: As a result, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the 2018 Osun state governorship election inconclusive.
1:50pm: INEC says some votes were cancelled. As such, the total number of votes got by the PDP is now 254,698.
1:25pm: The waiting is over. INEC is set to declare the outcome of the 2018 Osun state governorship election.
12:00pm: INEC is till collating the final results. Meanwhile, let’s inform you that based on the results from the 30 LGAs, Adeleke polled a sum of 255,698 votes, while his nearest challenger, the ruling APC’s Gboyega Oyetola, received 254,345 votes.
11:00am: From all the results announced, the PDP candidate, Ademola Adeleke, appears to have won the election. However, the electoral body, INEC, is in the final stage of the election process and getting set to officially declare the outcome.
10:30am: Police have a man accused of tearing election result sheets at a polling unit in Ayedaade Local Government area. Concise News understands that he was brought to the INEC office on Sunday morning.
10:08am: APC beats PDP in Osogbo
APC: 23379
PDP: 14499
10:00am: Let’s go to Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
9:45am: Boluwaduro LGA goes APC’s way
APC: 3843
PDP: 3779
SDP: 1766
9:20am: APC edges PDP in Ola Oluwa LGA
APC: 5025
PDP: 4026
SDP: 2104
9:15am: APC gets highest votes in Ife South LGA
APC: 7223
PDP: 4872
SDP: 6151
9:00am: APC wins Olorunda LGA, a massive win it is
APC: 16254
PDP: 9850
SDP: 7061
8:40am: PDP finishes top in Irewole LGA
APC: 10049
PDP: 13848
SDP: 1142
8:35am: Results from Irewole LGA being announced…
8:20am: Former deputy governor Iyiola Omisore records massive win in Ife Central LGA
APC: 6957
PDP: 3200
SDP: 20494
8:00am: Ejigbo LGA accepts APC
APC: 14779
PDP: 11116
7:50am: APC gaining grounds, wins in Ife North
APC: 6527
PDP: 5486
7:30am: Meanwhile, reports have it that supporters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have already started celebrating in Osogbo even as the announcement of results is still ongoing.
7:20am: APC gets the better of PDP in Aiyedire LGA
APC: 5474
PDP: 5133
7:15am: Ifelodun shuns APC, accepts PDP
APC: 9882
PDP: 12269
7:10am: PDP’s Adeleke truly at home, records massive win in Ede North
APC: 7025
PDP: 18745
7:00am:APC reduces deficit withAtakunmosa East LGA win
APC: 7073
PDP: 5218
6:40am: APC wins Aiyedaade LGA
APC: 10861
PDP: 9836
6:33am: Let’s go to Aiyedaade LGA
6:30am: APC edges PDP in Odo Otin LGA
APC: 9996
PDP: 9879
SDP: 2941
6:24am: Boluwaduro, we are coming…
6:11am: Isokan says ‘Yes’ to PDP’s Adeleke
APC: 7297
PDP: 9048
6:10am:Ila narrowly goes APC’s way
APC: 8403
PDP: 8241
6:00am: Let’s go to Ila LGA
5:59am: PDP’s lead increases with Irepodun win
APC: 6517
PDP: 8058
5:50am: Irepodun is next…
5:45am: Adeleke edges Oyetola in Oriade, stretches lead
APC: 9778
PDP: 10109
5:38am: Our focus shifts to Oriade LGA…
5:30am: Ilesa West goes PDP’s way
APC: 7251
PDP: 8286
5:27am: Over to Ilesa West LGA
5:10am:Big win for APC in Boripe LGA
APC: 11655
PDP: 6892
5:08am: APC’s Oyetola wins in Ilesa East
APC: 9790
PDP: 8244
5:00am: Let’s go to Ilesa East LGA…
4:37am:Adeleke defeats his challengers in Obokun LGA
APC: 7229
PDP: 10859
4:25am:PDP’s Adeleke humbles APC’s Oyetola and the others in Orolu LGA
APC: 5442
PDP: 7776
4:15am:PDP blows APC away in Ede South LGA
APC: 4512
PDP: 16693
3:54am:PDP beats APC inIfedayo LGA
APC: 3182
PDP: 3374
3:46am:PDP wins Atakumosa West LGA
APC: 5019
PDP: 5401
3:37am: APC edges PDP in Boluwaduro LGA
APC: 3843
PDP: 3779
3:36am: Collation of results from various local governments began at exactly 3:36am.
3:30am: The returning officer for the Osun governorship election is the Vice chancellor of the Federal University of Technology Akure, Professor Joseph Adeola Fuwape.
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9:05pm: Electorates have accused some PDP and APC agents of refusing to pay those who had cast their ballots for the agents’ candidates. According to reports, the voters lamented that the agents ran away after finding out that their parties had lost.
6:30pm: INEC, some hours ago, warned against release of false results from the Osun governorship election. The election umpire reiterated that only its officials, that is Returning Officers, are backed by law to do so.
6:00pm: Busted for vote buying. Three men are clearly in trouble here. Police have arrested three suspects for vote buying during today’s election. The suspects are Muriat Olalekan, 61, Hamzat Muniru, 65 and Adeagbo Wasiu.
5:00 pm: Early results trickling in from most polling units are suggesting that the final election result in the 2018 Osun gubernatorial poll will be very tight. See some of such results here.
3:20 pm: Voting has officially ended in the Osun State Governorship election with only those on the line as at 2 pm expected to vote beyond the time. Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) are now sorting and counting the ballots at the polling units.
2:05 pm: Agents of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have been reportedly caught on camera inducing voters by buying their votes in the ongoing governorship election in Osun state, southwest Nigeria.
1:08 pm: An agent of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has stated that almost all political parties were involved in vote-buying in Ede, Osun State.
Voters in PU 009, Ward 9 ready for the exercise
12:15 pm: The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing Osun State governorship election Gboyega Oyetola, says he will win the election because he has laboured so hard. Oyetola said this shortly after casting his vote at Ward 1, Unit 2 in Iragbiji, Boripe Local Government Area of the state.
12:06 pm: Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun State on Saturday voted in the ongoing state governorship election. While casting his vote in his hometown in Ilesa, the governor expressed happiness with the peaceful nature of the election, describing it as a festival of democracy.
Aregbesola
11:45 am: An agent of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has been arrested by security operatives for allegedly attempting to buy votes in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State, southwest Nigeria. Read more.
11:30 am: The African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for the Osun governorship election, Fatai Akinbade, has voted in the ongoing election. The ADC candidate voted at 10:35 am at Ward 3, Unit 123, Ogbagba, Ola-Oluwa Local Government Area in Osun State.
Fatai Akinbade. Photo: Guardian
10:00 am: The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Osun State governorship election Isiaka Oyetola has voted in the ongoing election.
APC candidate Oyetola votes
9:40 am: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Osun State governorship election, Senator Ademola Adeleke, has said he would emerge the winnerof the election. Speaking to journalist after casting his vote on Saturday, he described various allegations against him as false.
9:20 am: The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) gubernatorial candidate Senator Ademola Adeleke has voted in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State.
Ademola Adeleke casting his vote.
8:45am: INEC officials are sensitising electorates at ward 4 in Ifelodun local government area of the state. There is presence of policemen, NSCDC personnel and soldiers on ground here.
Voters in PU 009, Ward 9 ready for the exercise
8:32am: At Ward 4 in Osogbo local government area, there’s a large turnout of voters and electoral personnel are present and setting up voting materials.
Image from Oriade council shows voters getting set for accreditation
8:30am: As at 7:20, electorates, including many women, had already gathered at Ota Efun area, waiting for INEC officials to begin the voting process.
8:10am: Reports from Ife Central say INEC officials are taking out the posters of candidates at a polling unit in ward 1. There’s a high turnout of voters, and policemen are on ground.
8:02am: Accreditation and voting commenced exactly at 8:00am at polling unit 004 in Osogbo.
8:00am: In the Oriade local government area, security agents have arrived at the Ipetu Ijesa Ward 10 and INEC officials are seen getting set to begin the voting process.
Image from Ipetu Ijesa in Oriade LGA (courtesy Situation Room)
7:52am: These electorates mean business as they arrived the Ward 8, unit 9 Ife East very early to check their names.
Image from Ife East (courtesy Situation Room)
7:50am: At Ede south Alajue 1, Ward 4 Polling Unit 8, electoral officials have arrived, preparing for the election.
7:45am: The Independent National Electoral Commission appears not to be taking anything for granted as the commission has released a contact line, 0908-4444-333, for reporting of any act of vote-buying.
7:30am: INEC officials have arrived at Ward 4 Unit 13, Fagbewesa Street Osogbo, the Osun state capital.
INEC officials arrive a polling unit in Osogbo, the Osun state capital (image courtesy Punch)
7:00am: Below are facts on 2018 Osun Election:
1,687,492 registered voters
48 governorship candidates
1,246,915 PVC distributed
3010 polling units
332 registration areas
30 local governments
4,700 card readers
Over 40 local and international observers
5:40am: Meanwhile, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has asked why did the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, not withdraw policemen attached to Governor Rauf Aregbesola as he did to Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, before the conduct of the Ekiti governorship election.
5:30am: The Osun state Resident Electoral Commission, Olusegun Agbaje, on Friday cautioned politicians against misinterpreting its electoral rules for their selfish aims. He reiterated that it was not true that the commission had asked voters not to come to polling units with their phones. Read full report here.
5:15am: Forty-eight political parties will today battle for the governorship position in Nigeria’s Land of Virtue even as election umpire, the INEC, has warned against vote-buying.
As we await the commencement of the polls, let’s recap some stories in the buildup to the election.
5:00am: The D-Day is here. Good morning and welcome to our situation room.
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