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NYSC DG warns corps members on election duties
The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Muhammad Fadah, has warned corps members on election duties in Osun sState against getting involved in electoral malpractices.
This was contained in a statement by the scheme’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Mr Eddy Megwa, on Saturday, in Abuja.
The Osun State governorship election is holding today, Saturday, July 16, amidst reports of vote buying, by both the All Progressive Congress, and the People’s Democratic Party – the two major political parties in the race.
According to the statement, the DG addressed the corps members who have undergone training as ad hoc staff by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
He urged them to remain neutral while performing their election duties with diligence as good ambassadors of the NYSC, and warned that anyone found wanting would be sanctioned accordingly.
Davido accuses security personnel of coercing people to vote APC
Nigerian recording artiste, Davido whose real name is David Adeleke, has claimed that voters are rejecting money from agents who sought to buy their votes.
Davido, a nephew to the Osun State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate, Sen. Ademola Adeleke made this claim via a tweet, on Saturday, July 16.
He noted;
“Pple rejecting money being offered to them left n right of the state today … GREAT TO SEE … there is stilll hope for Nigeria”
Pple rejecting money being offered to them left n right of the state today … GREAT TO SEE … there is stilll hope for Nigeria
— Davido (@davido) July 16, 2022
In another tweet, the artiste alleged coercive tactics are being implemented by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the ongoing elections.
Davido tweeted;
“SECURITY MEN AND INEC STAFF HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE VOTING PROCESS IN IFE EAST, MODAKEKE, BOOSA MARKET UNIT. THEY ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR APC @inecnigeria !!!! THE PPLE R RESISTING!! Abeg munch this officer face for me”.
SECURITY MEN AND INEC STAFF HAVE CIRCUMVENTED THE VOTING PROCESS IN IFE EAST, MODAKEKE, BOOSA MARKET UNIT. THEY ARE FORCING PEOPLE TO VOTE FOR APC @inecnigeria !!!! THE PPLE R RESISTING!! Abeg munch this officer face for me pic.twitter.com/MPCfSaAjgF
— Davido (@davido) July 16, 2022
By Adekunle Fajana
Davido charges voters to be on the alert, defend votes till the end
Popular musician, David Adeleke, also known as Davido, has urged voters in the ongoing gubernatorial election in Osun state to be vigilant.
In a tweet on Saturday, he charged people of the state to be resolute in their choice of who to govern them for the next four years.
He said: “Rmemeber this is the critical period !! It was this time four years ago. Around 1 pm that they started their mischief. Everyone be vigilant. Come out and vote and defend your votes until the end! Be alert! We have waited four years for this moment!”
(PHOTOS) 103-yr-old, 92-yr-old come out to cast their votes
Elderly citizens of Osun State were not left out in the ongoing gubernatorial election as 103-year-old Alhaji Tiamiyu Aaniseti and a 92-year- old grandmother who identified herself only as Iya Jamiu defied all odds to exercise their civic rights by casting their votes in the poll.
Iya Jamiu cast her vote at Unit 002, Ward 6, Baptist Primary School 1, Isore/Ikonifin, in Ola-Oluwa local government area of the state.
After casting his vote, Aaniseti who spoke to journalists urged the incumbent Governor Adegboyega Oyetola to place elders in the state on monthly honourarium to make life better for them.
Elderly man complaining about vote-buying (VIDEO)
An elderly man in Unit 12, Ife Central Local Government of Osun was seen in a video complaining about vote-buying at his polling unit.
He lamented that the culprits had a big bag of money from which they were buying people’s votes, and that they ran away when he began shouting at them.
Watch the video below.
LP candidate, Lasun, casts vote, cautions against vote-buying
Yusuf Lasun, the governorship candidate of Labour Party in the ongoing election in Osun State, has cast his vote in Irepodun Local Government area of the state.
Yusuf noted that the electoral process was very slow, adding that he took him about ten minutes to cast his vote.
He also warned voters against vote-buying, stressing that it was dangerous for Nigeria.
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Gov. Oyetola cautions voters against violence, disorderliness
Oyetola Adegboyega, Osun State Governor, has called for calm and maturity in the ongoing gubernatorial election in the state.
The governor hammered on peaceful coexistence in the state, urging political gladiators to maintain decorum in the electoral process.
In a statement on Saturday, the governor charged members of the opposition to exhibit spirit of comportment while marketing their candidates in the process.
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Residents troop out to elect governor (Photos)
The Osun State gubernatorial election is gathering momentum as eligible voters have gone out in their large numbers to cast their votes for the next governor who will pilot the affairs of the state for the next four years.
Many elderly persons also joined the throng of eager voters who trooped to the polling units to exercise their franchise.
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PDP’s Adeleke among early voters
Sen Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was among early voters as he cast his vote at Unit 009, Ward 02, Abogunde/Sagba, Ede north.
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1.9m registered voters to cast votes —INEC
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has revealed that there are 1,955,657 registered voters set to cast their votes in the Osun State governorship election voting across the 30 local government areas of the state.
INEC which gave the update on its website, said in its readiness for the election, it had put in place 332 registration areas, 5,305 Bimodal Voters Accreditation System, (BVAC), 3,763 polling units, 332 ward collation centres, 30 local government collation centres and a State Collation Centre (SCC), where the final declaration of results will be made.
INEC also stated that it had given accreditation to 87 observer groups made up of 79 domestic and eight international groups, 7,790 accredited field observers, 94 media organisations, including 92 national and two international organisations, as well as deploying 624 journalists to cover the election.
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The governorship elections hold today in Osun State with 15 candidates from different parties contesting for a chance to govern the state for the next four years.
The major contenders in the elections are the candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Gboyega Oyetola, who is also the incumbent of the state; Senator Ademola Adeleke of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who is taking a second chance at being a state governor having lost to Oyetola four years ago, and Lasun Yusuf, a former deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives who is candidate of the Labour Party.
Other contestants are Omigbodun Akinrinola Oyegoke of the Socio Democratic Party (SDP), Akinade Akanmu Ogunbiyi, Accord Party; Awojide Peter Segun, African Action Congress; Kehinde Munirudeen Olumuyiwa Atanda, Action Democratic Party; Awoyemi Oluwatayo Lukuman, Allied Peoples Movement; Adebayo Adeolu Elisha, All People’s Party and Adeleke Adesoji Masilo Aderemi Adedapo of the Boot Party.
Others are Rasaq Oyelami Saliu, New Nigeria Peoples Party; Abede Adetona Samuel, National Rescue Movement; Omigbodun Oyegoke Akinrinola, Young Progressives Party; and Zenith Labour Party’s Adesuyi John Olufemi.
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