Omisore cries foul, Aregbesola praises INEC
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he also claimed that the card readers were malfunctioning in some polling units in ile-ife1 gov. rauf aregbesola of osun has commended the large turnout of voters in saturdays governorship election in the state and praised the independent national electoral commission for its smooth conduct1 the governor said the large turnout of voters and their peaceful conduct were signals about their desire to elect a leader of their choice1 i must commend the voters for conducting themselves in a peaceful manner and for coming out in their large numbers. this is the beauty of democracy he said1 but sen. iyiola omisore the governorship candidate of the social democratic party sdp lamented what he called irregularities in the conduct of the voting exercise1 omisore who spoke after voting at his moore ward 1 003 polling unit at 1125 am alleged that there were insufficient electoral materials in some polling units in osogbo1 aregbesola spoke after casting his vote at 1150 am at his ifofin ward 8 unit 1 polling unit in ilesa. he arrived the polling unit with his wife sherifat at 1138am1 nevertheless omisore urged the voters to exercise their civic responsibility by trooping out to vote1 he also urged the electorate to refrain from vote-selling saying they would be mortgaging their future1 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that there are 3010 polling units and 755 polling points spread across the three senatorial districts and 30 local governments areas of the state1 although there are a total of 1682495 registered voters over 400000 permanent voters cards remain uncollected as at friday1 nan also reports that while 48 parties are participating in the election gboyega oyetola of the all progressives congressapc ademola adeleke of the peoples democratic party and omisore of the social democratic party remain the frontline candidates1