Osun decides: Adeleke coasts to victory amid violence, BVAS failure, vote-buying allegations

Residents of Osun State connected Saturday formed their ballots to elite the adjacent politician of the state.

DAILY POST reports that Governor Ademola Adeleke is coasting to triumph arsenic the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, concludes the collation of results.

The predetermination was mostly a two-horse contention betwixt Adeleke, the campaigner of the Accord Party, and Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The State Returning Officer, Prof. Joshua Ogunwole, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, is presently announcing results from antithetic polling units.

As of the clip of filing this report, INEC had uploaded 95 per cent of the results connected IReV, with Adeleke starring successful 19 section authorities areas, portion Oyebamiji won 11 LGs.

The canvass recorded a important elector turnout contempt concerns implicit security, portion pockets of violence, alleged elector intimidation, vote-buying and ballot-box snatching were reported successful immoderate parts of the state.

There were besides complaints astir the nonaccomplishment of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) successful respective polling units, starring to delays successful the commencement of voting.

BVAS nonaccomplishment delays voting

Voting started precocious successful immoderate polling units aft BVAS devices reportedly malfunctioned.

A professor, Olayinka Ajala, was among the voters affected aft th...