A total of 1,407,222 voters, comprising 661,394 males (47 per cent)
and 745,828 females (53 per cent), were registered by INEC to vote in
Saturday’s governorship election In Osun.
An Information kit on
the election issued by the commission indicated that there were 332
wards, 3,010 polling units and 3,379 voting points across the 30 local
government areas of the state.
Twenty registered political parties fielded candidates to contest the election.
The
leading candidates, whose parties are expected to make a good showing
in the poll, are Governor Rauf Aregbesola of the APC and Sen. Iyiola
Omisore of the PDP.
Alhaji Fatai Akinbade of Labour Party is also expected to do well in the election.
Aregbesola
hails from Osun East Senatorial district; Omisore is also from Osun
East Senatorial district while Akinbade is from Osun West.
A total of 29 domestic and foreign observer organisations were registered by INEC to monitor the conduct of the election.
Source: PM Newspaper.
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