Council election holds in Ogun, Speaker, others hail voters turn – out

Chairmanship and Counllorship elections into the 20 Local Government Areas and 37 newly created Local Council Development Areas(LCDAs) held seamlessly across Ogun State with each voter getting accredition and casting of ballot paper simultaneously within three minutes.
About 17 political parties are participating in Saturday Local Governments polls in the state with the trio of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) and Unity Party of Nigeria(UPN) showing dominant visibility.
In Ayetoro, the Headquarters of Yewa North Local Government Council in Ogun West Senatorial district of the state where The Nation monitored, officials of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission(OGSIE) arrived all the polling units early with election materials while the voters too were also enthusiastic to vote for parties and candidates of their respective choices.
At Ayetoro ward 1, Mechanic junction polling unit, where the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, Suraj Adekunbi, voted, the turn out was relatively impressive.
Same scenario was observed at the AUD 1 polling unit, Ayetoro ward 3 and other locations visited by The Nation – the turned out to vote while PDP and APC party agents were also present.
Adekunbi who in his Ayetoro ward 1, Mechanic junction, voted few minutes after 10am, expressed satisfaction with the exercise, saying it was a reflection of the confidence the people reposed in APC government in the state.
He noted that the system adopted this time by OGSIEC made it stress- free and removed cases of crowding as voters voted immediately upon accredition unlike the usual method of accrediting voters, asking them to wait or go home for a while and then return to cast their votes later.
The Speaker expressed the confidence that the candidates of the APC would all have a successful and emerged winners when the polls is concluded.
Also, former Information Commissioner and leader of APC in Ogun West Senatorial district, Kunle Elegbede, described the exercise as “flawless.”
According to the ex – Editor of Daily Times, victory is sure for APC and its candidates adding that the performance of Governor Ibikunle Amosun has made things easier for them.
At Ita Bada polling unit, Igbogila town where the APC chairmanship candidate, Alh. Abdulrahman Alebiosu voted, many of the registered voters came forward and voted in a hitch – free atmosphere.
Alebiosu who described the election are “free and fair,” said because the electorate voted and left for home without congestion at the polling units, it tended to give the impression to casual observer that there was an apathy whereas the contrary was the case.