Residents of Ede, the hometown of Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke, turned out early on Saturday to participate in the ongoing governorship election.
As early as 6:30 a.m., vehicles were seen conveying voters and some members of the National Youth Service Corps to different polling units across the town ahead of the exercise.
Some voters arrived at their polling centres around 6:40 a.m., waiting for officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission to verify their details and commence accreditation.
Security personnel were also deployed to strategic locations across Ede North and Ede South Local Government Areas, manning checkpoints in compliance with the police order restricting vehicular movement during the election.
Local election observers were equally seen at some polling units monitoring developments ahead of the commencement of accreditation.
Personnel of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps had arrived at several polling units by 6:50 a.m., ahead of the arrival of INEC officials and election materials.
While accreditation had commenced at some polling centres, officials had yet to paste the lists of eligible voters in some of the other locations visited.
The polling units visited included Sagba Agbogunde Ward 2, Unit 9; Adogbe Ward 3, Unit 5; and CAC Ward 4, Unit 2, all in Ede North.
Others were Orita Alajue Ward 5, Unit 1; Obalaoye Unit 5, Ward 2; and Agip Ward 2, Unit 3, in Ede South.
Ede is the hometown of Governor Ademola Adeleke, who is contesting the governorship election on the platform of the Accord party.
