Residents of Ede in Osun on Saturday trooped to the various polling units in the town to vote in the ongoing governorship election.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as early as 6:30 a.m., vehicles were seen conveying the voters and some youth corps members to various polling units in preparation for the exercise.
NAN also reports that some voters arrived at their polling units as early as 6:40 a.m., waiting for INEC officials to verify their names and ensure that they were duly accredited before exercising their franchise.
Security personnel were also seen at various points across the Ede North and Ede South local government areas, manning checkpoints in line with the police’s vehicular movement restriction order.
NAN also reports that some local election observers were sighted in some polling units, monitoring the situation pending the commencement of voter accreditation.
