Voting in the Osun governorship election in Nigeria’s south-west region has ended, while sorting and counting are on-going.
The exercise began with accreditation as early as 8:00am on Saturday and ended at 12:00 noon.
Channels Television’s correspondent, Seun Okinbaloye, reports that the turn out of voters was on the high side in most parts monitored and that the situation has been largely calm, as residents went about the process without any rancour.
Twenty candidates, representing 20 political parties are vying for the ticket to the Osun government house. One of the candidates is the incumbent governor, Rauf Aregbesola of the All Progressives Congress.
A total of 1,407,222 registered voters spread across three senatorial districts, are expected to exercise their franchise.
Osogbo, the state capital, has the highest number of registered voters with 110,670, followed closely by Ife Central with a voting population of 95,471.
Nineteen domestic and 10 foreign observers were accredited by the electoral commission to monitor the election.
The commission has reiterated its commitment to ensuring that the election result reflects the will of the people. It had requested for the deployment of a large number of security personnel in the state for the election to ensure that the process was peaceful.
Click here to view more pictures from the election that observers have described as peaceful.
