Accord Party’s candidate in the ongoing governorship election in Osun State, Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, has expressed concert at how all the 500 voters in his unit will be able to vote.
According to him, as of 10:30 am, only 35 of them had been able to vote at the unit in Ileogbo.
He thus challenged the Independent Electoral Commission on the pace of the exercise.
Ogunbiyi, who is also the Chairman of Mutual Benefits Assurance, is quoted by ‘The Punch:
“I am not entertaining any fear because I have done my homework and highlighted the programmes I have for the good people of Osun State. I will win this election convincingly, no doubt about it.
“But I discovered that the exercise here is too slow. The INEC officials here told me that only 35 persons have voted as at past 10.30am and we have over 500 eligible voters in this unit.
“They need to step up the process. We don’t want to start hearing that voting will stop by 3:00pm thereby disenfranchising so many voters. They need to put in more efforts and be fast about it.
“The reports I got from across the state showed massive turn out of voters and that the exercise is peaceful, orderly and without violence as of this morning.”
