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Category: Ondo Decides
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Ondo poll: PDP flagbearer Jegede votes
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the ongoing Ondo state election, Mr Eyitayo Jegede has voted.
Jegede, who had been on the voters’ queue for close to an hour, is expected to address journalist on his observation of the election process.
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Faulty card reader: INEC Commissioner sends technical crew
Residents Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State Segun Agbaje has promised to send the Technical Crew to immediately rectify the Pre-loaded Card reader machines said to have recorded more than 300 votes when only two persons just voted.Voters on queue at Idiogba unit in Ugbo ward three held the security men and INEC officials hostage until they come with the perfect card reader machines to cast their votes’.
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Ondo poll: Observer commends exercise
One of the observers monitoring the Ondo governirship election, Mr Nelson Ekujumi of the Transition Monitoring Group has given kudos for the organisation of the election so far.
He said: “So far, I have visited close to 50 polling units and my observations are that: INEC personnel arrived at their polling units on time; by 7.12am most of them were already at their polling units.
“I started from somewbere around Fiwasaiye Girls Secondary School and I have gone as far as Owo Road. I noticed that in many places voters were at the polling units beflre the arrival of INEC officials.
“There is a good presence of security men at polling stations; we have an average of 4 to 5 personnel at each polling unit. Happily enough, I have not seen any military presence anywhere.
“I have observed that voting and accreditation started simultaneuosly at 8.00am at most polling units and so far everything is going on smoothly.”
Ekujumi said the turnout is okay, but can be better. He added: “I expect more people will come as time goes on.”
He said so far, he has not witnessed any incident of Card Reader failure.
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Ondo poll: INEC has enough card readers–REC
Mr Segun Agbaje, the INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Ondo State, says the commission has more than 250 spare smart card readers to replace those malfunctioning.
He said this on Saturday while speaking with newsmen at Unit 9, Ward 2, Gbogi/Isinkan in Akure South Local Government Area of the state on the sidelines of the accreditation and voting process for the governorship election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that there had been complaints of malfunctioning card readers in some polling units in the state.
“I have called the Head of Department of ICT to get smart cards for areas with smart card challenges and very soon they will get them.
“ Card reader is not a major challenge because it can be addressed within 10 to 20 minutes; we have over 250 smart card readers for exchange in case of malfunction.
“I believe more people are still coming and the election is going on smoothly across the state,’’ he said.
He further said that the challenge faced by those whose names were not on the list but have PVCs would be addressed by the ICT Department soon.
Describing the electoral process as very impressive, he said the report emerging from the Election Monitoring System Operating Room at the commission’s Abuja headquarters was positive.
No fewer than 1,280,580 voters with Permanent Voter Cards would decide who the governor would be out of the 28 contestants in Saturday’s governorship election.
Although 1,659,186 voters were registered for the election, 378,606 did not collect collect their PVCs.
Among the major contestants are Mr Eyitayo Jegede of the PDP, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu of the APC, Dr Olu Agunloye of the Social Democratic Party and Olusola Oke of the Alliance for Democracy.
Others include the candidate of the Accord Party, Mr Oladare Amuda, Mr Yinka Orokoto of the Action Alliance, the candidate of the Allied Congress Party of Nigeria and Chief Adetuwo Ogunjumelo.(NAN)
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Eyitayo worried over faulty card reader
After casting his vote, the flag bearer of the PDP, Mr Eyitayo Jegede, has expressed doubt about the conduct of the election, particularly problems associated with card readers.
Jegede who waited for over 45 minutes said: “I have had discussions with the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje; I have informed him that a good number of the card readers are not functioning. I hope it is not a scheme to prevent people from voting.
“I hope that they would allow every registered voter on the queue to vote.
“I have been in the queue for the past 45 minutes. I give glory to God that I have been to participate; I have voted for the people.
“We have told our people that we are going to win this election.”
The people of Akure are united in their bid to make one of their sons the next governor of the state.
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Card reader hitch in Ugbo
There was card reader problem in Idi Ogba unit in Ugbo ward three of Ilaje local government when only two persons voted and the card readers machine became faulty.Anxious voters seized the INEC officials manning the unit insisting that they will not be released without all of them casting their votes.
A call quickly went through to INEC commissioner who promised to send Engineers to the affected unit in Ugbo ward three.
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Voter apathy in Akoko Southeast
There is voter apathy in parts of Akoko Southeast as few voters turned out to vote.
In several polling units in Isua, the headquarters of Akoko Southeast, few people were on queue.
In Unit 003, Court Hall, Isua IV, Ward 10 with 334 registered voters, less than 20 voters were on queue.
An electoral officer said voting began by 8.30am because people “did not turn out on time”.
In Unit 011, Ward 10, there were also few voters but the process was smooth.
Policemen had little to do as they sat together in groups.
Some businesses were open as traders made brisk sales.
A restaurant operator, Mrs Ibori, said she would not vote because she believes the local government had been neglected.
“For the past eight months, we have not had light in this area and the government has not done anything about it.
“People here are not happy with the government. Those who are voting must have been induced to vote,” she said. -
APC candidate, Akeredolu votes
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu SAN has cast his votes.Akeredolu arrived his polling units at Unit six, ward five, Oke-ijebu, Owo local government area of Ondo state at exactly 10.28 a.m.He was being hailed by a manmonth crowd of electorates at his unit.He cast his vote after being accredited by INEC Ad-Hoc Mrs, Adeola Tope at exactly 10.35 a.m[news_box style=”1″ display=”tag” link_target=”_blank” tag=”#OndoDecides” orderby=”popular” count=”5″ show_more=”on” header_background=”#9fd677″ header_text_color=”#262626″] -
Ondo: Tension high as accreditation begins
There was palpable tension on Saturday as the voting and accreditation process commenced in the Ondo governorship election on Saturday.
This followed the violent clash in Owo on Thursday in which a chieftain of the APC, Afolabi Olaposi, was killed.
As at 8.a.m. when the accreditation and voting process commenced in some parts of the state, there were only few voters at some polling units, fuelling fears of insecurity and voters’ apathy.
Olaposi was killed by unknown gunmen on Thursday night in Owo.
The party said in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Abayomi Adesanya, on Friday in Akure that Olaposi was shot dead on his way home after attending a meeting of the party in preparation for the governorship election.
“The assailant also went to the house of Chief Jamiu Ekungba, an APC aspirant in the Sept. 3 Primary, and vandalised seven vehicles in his compound.
“Ekungba was not to at home during the attack,’’ the party had said in the statement.
No fewer than 1,280,580 voters with Permanent Voter Cards would decide who the governor would be out of the 28 contestants in Saturday’s governorship election.
Although 1,659,186 voters were registered for the election, 378,606 did not turn up to collect their PVCs.