Gov Adeleke casts vote at his polling unit Osun State Governor and Accord Party governorship candidate, Ademola Adeleke, has commended residents for turning out in large numbers for Saturday’s governorship election, urging security agencies and the Independent National Electoral Commission to remain vigilant as the collation of results begins. Adeleke made the call in a […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has crossed the 60 per cent mark in uploading results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election to its Result Viewing portal. Checks by our correspondent on the INEC Results Viewing Portal as of 6:15pm show that 2,266 polling unit results have been uploaded out of an expected 3,763, representing 60.22 […]

Results are expected from 3,763 polling units in the 30 local government areas of Osun State. Voting has ended in some polling units in Osun State, where residents are electing who governs the state for the next four years. Voting commenced at 8.30 a.m. on Saturday in many of the 3,763 polling units in the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has continued uploading results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election to its Result Viewing portal. Checks by our correspondent on the INEC Results Viewing Portal as of 5:18pm show that 1,340 polling unit results have been uploaded out of an expected 3,763, representing 35.61 per cent of the total, up […]

The officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission has commenced the sorting and counting of votes in polling units across Osun State following the conclusion of voting in Saturday’s governorship election. INEC commences sorting, counting of votes. Credit: X | INEC INEC commences sorting, counting of votes. Credit: X | INEC INEC commences sorting, counting […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has begun uploading results from Saturday’s Osun State governorship election to its Result Viewing portal. Checks by our correspondent on the INEC Results Viewing Portal as of 4:03 pm show that 402 polling unit results have been uploaded out of an expected 3,763, representing 10.68 per cent of the total. […]

By John Dike, Osogbo Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has condemned the reported arrest of the state Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Hon. Sunday Bisi, shortly after he cast his vote in Saturday’s governorship election, describing the incident as an attack on democracy. Adeleke, in a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mallam […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The Director-General of the Accord Party Campaign Council, Senator Lere Oyewumi, has alleged the arrest of 52 voters at the residence of the lawmaker representing Irewole/Isokan State Constituency, Ibrahim Inaolaji, describing the development as an act of intimidation and harassment ahead of the Osun State governorship election. Our correspondent observed that […]

By John Dike, Osogbo The ongoing Osun State governorship election was reportedly disrupted at Ward 4, Unit 013, Oke-Odo, in Ejigbo Local Government Area on Saturday following an alleged attack by suspected political thugs. The incident reportedly occurred shortly after the African Democratic Congress (ADC) governorship candidate, Dr Najeem Salaam, cast his ballot at the […]

By John Dike, Osogbo There was an impressive turnout of voters in several parts of Osun State on Saturday as the governorship election got underway, with residents turning out in large numbers to exercise their franchise despite security concerns and tension that preceded the poll. Our correspondent, who monitored the election across Ife East, Ife […]