File photo: Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has called on the European Union to take special interest in the forthcoming governorship poll in the state.

The governor made this known while receiving the Austrian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mr Peter Guschelbauer, at the Osun State Government House in Osogbo, the state capital.

In a statement signed by the spokesperson to the governor, Olawale Rasheed, obtained in Osogbo on Sunday, Adeleke further said that EU monitoring of the poll would strengthen compliance with the Electoral Act during the exercise.

“1 urge the European Union to take special interest in the forthcoming Osun State election.