*Money will influence outcome —Stakeholders; parties transferring N20,000, N10,000, N5000; violence, thuggery, hate speech take centre stage; politicians desert homes; competence, credibility will matter —Ex-lawmaker
By Dapo Akinrefon & Shina Abubakar
The die is cast. Tension in the polity is palpable. No fewer than 1.9 million registered voters, who collected their permanent voters cards, PVCs, will head to the ballot box to decide the winner of today’s governorship contest in Osun State.
The contest, expected to be a two-horse race between the incumbent, Governor Ademola Adeleke of the Accord Party and Mr Bola Oyebamiji of the All Progressives Congress, APC, is being heralded by violence.
The build up to the election also saw the various gladiators locked in exchange of brick bats and mudslinging. Now many political actors are scared and have abandoned their homes for hotels or secret locations to avoid being killed.
