Early result shows PDP winning APC..
16:15
More results from Ife Central. These wards are few meters away from the palace of Ooni of Ife.
Iremo 4: PDP 141 APC 79
Iremo 5: APC 52 PDP 143
Iremo 6: PDP 150 APC 49
The people have taken to the streets here in wild jubilation.
15:37
Voting still ongoing at Ward 01 Unit 11 Church Street Olorunda LGA. 439 accredited voters, out of 863 registered voters.
15:35
Final results in Ward 10, Ife Central:
Unit 3: PDP 140 APC 62
Unit 8: PDP 95 APC 26
Unit 12: PDP 148 APC 47
Unit 4: PDP 100 APC 64
Unit 11: PDP 34 APC 14
Unit 2: PDP 118 APC 61
Unit 10: PDP 101 APC 41
15:31
Result for Ward03 PU005, Ejigbo LG: ACPN 01, APA 01, LP 04, PDP 43, APC 122 #OsunDecides
15:21
There is rowdiness at Ward 8 Unit 7, Iragbi Road, Olorunda over suspicion that a young man is planning something untoward. Again some voters are complaining they have been denied right to vote even though they were accredited.
INEC polling officials said at the time they were counting people and marking fingers for the actual voting those complaining were not around.
Meanwhile, voting is in progress and out of 1324 registered voters only 691 were accredited and 683 were on queue when voting commenced 12.30pm.
15:07
Wild jubilation at Ife Central.
14:58
More results from Ife Central.
Unit 9 Ward 10: PDP 52 APC 21
Unit 6 Ward 10: PDP 94 APC 47.
Unit 7 Ward 10: APC 19 PDP 37
14:55
The results are out at Ward 10 Unit 1 in Ife Central.
APC 73. PDP 149.
The crowd erupts in cheers.
14:24
At Ward 007 Unit 005, Owode 2, in Olorunda LGA, voting is going on calmly. Officials said out of 1007 registered voters, only 300 accredited to vote.
In Ile-Ife, a helicopter hovers overheard.
14:15
At ward 008 Unit 3, Osofiri Olorunda LGA, 359 out of 700 registered voters were accredited to vote. Voting going on smoothly.
At Ward 4 Unit 001, by 7UP, Gbangan Road, Osogbo, Voting has commenced. 264 out 1041 registered voters were accredited to vote.
13:47
Brutalization of APC members may “affect” election results – Aregbesola
Mr. Aregbesola after casting his vote told journalists that the “brutalization of several” of his party members could affect the entire result.
“Several of our party members were singularly intimidated, harassed, terrorized, and brutalized. After all of these, were equally arrested.
“The Attorney General, a known officer of this state, was without justification brutalized and taken into custody. They released him barely 45 minutes ago, since 1 a.m early this morning.
“My Commissioner for Agriculture, Wale Adedoyin, was equally brutalized and taken into custody since 1 a.m, he has just been released.
“Several of our people, people who have demonstrated some interest in the election were arrested and brutalized.
“Election is just an aspect of the democratic process. It is not just the art of voting. A democratic process begins from the registration of voters to verification of people, and collation of voters cards.
“The question we must ask is, what we have witnessed here, is it replicated statewide?
“I pray that our security agents live up to their billing. Leading members have been at the receiving end of their molestation.
“The authorities in Abuja are just abusing their powers. This could affect the overall effect of the entire result.
“I wish that the orderliness we have witnessed here would permeate the entire state.”
13:30
The governor has cast his vote and is now addressing journalists.
voting in progress in most polling units at the moment. At ward 5 unit 05 Salvation Army School, Alekuwodo, Osogbo, a total of 468 voters, out of 924 registered voters were accredited and are currently voting.
13:24
An argument at the governor’s polling unit. Two female SSS operatives, standing too close to the ballot booth, refused to move away. They have been let alone.
The INEC presiding officer has finished explaining the voting procedures. “Make sure I sign, stamp, and date your ballot paper. Else, it will be invalid.”
Voting has begun.
13:20
550 voters accredited out of 866 reg. voters in Ward2 PU001, Ejigbo LG. Voting is yet to commence at 1pm.
13:07
Security is intensified in many locations as voting begins.
Aregbesola is waiting to cast his vote in his hometown in Ilesa-East.
12:51
At Maitainmi Mosque 001 PU ,336 voters were registered while 228 were accredited.
Aregbesola waiting to cast his vote in his hometown in Ilesa-East.
At Ward 10 unit 002, Dada Estate, Egbedore LGA, accreditation has ended. Voters are queuing to vote. They formed three long lines. the turnout is huge.
Women hold the key to deciding this election.
12.29
The governor, beaming with smiles, steps out of his family home to cheers from children and supporters.
He waves his trademark two finger salute to the crowd.
The children scream “APC!” But were quickly cautioned to stop. Voting is about to start.
12.13
Rowdiness as voters struggle to queue for voting at the state governor’s polling unit in Ilesa-East.
11.32
At ward 8 unit 7, Iragbiji Road, opp Police station, Olorunda LGA, five party agents – PDP, APC, LP, PPA and NCP are complaining that they were not allowed to get accredited. At the unit, INEC officials said 1324 were registered to vote and accreditation is almost concluded.
11.14
A lot of people are waiting to vote at Ward 8, Unit 1, Mr. Aregbesola’s PU in Ilesa East. All of them have been accredited.
Adekunle Busuyi, a PPA agent, says that accreditation began at 8 a.m.
“Everything is alright so far,” he adds.
The governor had been accredited five minutes ago.
11.10
So far so good.
11.04
12 important facts to know about Osun Election
1. Osun State was created from old Oyo State in 1991.
2. It has 30 local governments.
3. Each of the three senatorial districts in Osun has 10 local governments.
4. Osun has 9 federal constituencies (House of Reps members) and 26 State Assembly Constituencies.
5. According to the 2006 census, Osun has 3,423,535 people.
6. Valid Number of Registered Voters (post March 2014 CVR) – 1, 407, 222
7. There are more female voters in Osun Gender Distribution of Voter Population: Male: 661,394 (47%) Female 745,828 (53%)
8. Number of Registration Areas (Wards) – 332
9. Number of Polling Units – 3, 010
10. Number of Voting Points – 3, 379
11. Osogbo has highest number of registered voters, 110,670, followed by Ife Central, 95,471.
12. There are 20 governorship candidates recognised by INEC for the Osun Election. None of them is female. There are, however, 7 female deputy governorship candidates.
(All facts sourced from the website of the Independent National electoral Commision, INEC).
10.47
At Unit 5, College of Education, Ilesa, no accreditation going on. The INEC officials say they are done with every voter on ground and waiting for more people to come. Stephen Kolade says that “things are okay.” “We are just waiting to start voting,” he adds. Mr. Kolade, a 300 level Agricultural Science student, however, said that they had been unable to sleep in their hostels due to soldiers’ disturbance. “Yesterday, a group of people were about entering the school, the soldiers told them to sit on the ground and arrested them. Up till now, we don’t know their whereabouts. Up to 20 of them.” Another student says, ” We don’t know if those soldiers are genuine or fake soldiers.”
10.18
The APC in Osun sent the below updates to our newsroom from its Situation Room in Osogbo. PREMIUM TIMES is unable to confirm any of the claims at this time. We are trying to reach out to the appropriate authorities to confirm the claims.
1]. A huge number of APC agents denied tags in many local government areas including Osogbo, Ifedayo, Atakumosa West. In Osogbo, only 60 out of 227 agents were given tags.
2]. The Good Governance Forum in Osun has urged all eligible voters to go out en-masse to cast their votes and not be intimidated by the presence of security agents in the state or news of arrests of political leaders.
3]. Clampdown on APC leaders in Osun continues as Alhaji Tijani Oladosu, (aka TILAD), Quadri Owonikoko (a.k.a Integrity) were arrested midnight and whereabouts unknown.
4]. After hours of interrogation, Lai Mohammed, Sunday Dare released by security agents.
5]. Over 40 voters arrested in Erin Osun while on queue for accreditation.
6]. Alhaji Raimi Shitu, Vice Executive Secretary, Odo-Otin LG arrested midnight.
7]. Chairman of O’SCHOOL in Osun and Chieftain of APC, Alhaji Lai Oyeduntan’s house invaded in Osogbo.
8]. APC stalwarts Octogenerian lawyer, Pa J.O Fakayode, being detained in Ora Igbomina after being picked up by security agents from Oke Ila 9]. All APC agents in Osu, Atakumosa West have been arrested by soldiers
10.17
At Gbangan Rd Polling Unit, opposite Omisore’s campaign office, Osogbo, accreditation is going smoothly under the rain.
10.11
In several polling units in Ilesha West voters are done with accreditation, they are now waiting for voting to commence. Election proper starts at noon, about 120 minutes away.
10.04
Premium Times spoke with John Oyegun, National Chairman of APC and he confirmed the arrest of Lai Mohammed and 4 others but have been released. He said he was released in such a way that his day has been made useless.
09.50
PDP candidate cries out over of unfair treatment of agents
Diran Odeyemi, director of Media and Strategy for the Senator Iyiola Omisore governorship campaign in Osun State, told PREMIUM TIMES that INEC officials at Polling Units in Obokun local government were requesting for a letter of introduction from PDP agents.
“How it works is that the party writes a single letter to INEC to introduce all the agents, and then INEC will issue tags to them. But what’s happening now is that when our agents get to their respective polling units, they will request for another letter introducing the individual.
“I’ve complained to INEC and they have rectified the problem. But we have lost about two hours,” said Mr. Odeyemi.
Mr. Odeyemi is Mr. Omisore’s Director of Media and Publicity.
09.46
At Ward 05 Salvation Army School, Osogbo accreditation is in progress. There is huge presence of voters anxious to get accredited. Agents of PPA, PDP, APC and ADC are here.
09.35
At ward 10 Dada Estate, Osogbo, accreditation commenced 8am. However some voters cannot find their names in the register and they are worried. Only one party agent – Oyerinde Ayodele Lukman of APC is here for now.
09.33
At Ward 005 unit 002 Osogbo Grammar school, the turnout is impressive. Voters are queing up peacefully for accredition which began a few minutes past 8am. A total of 900 persons registered to vote here according to INEC adhoc staff. There are 4 party agents out of 20 – PPA, PDP, LP and APC
09.25
Accreditation ongoing smoothly in many polling units in Osogbo. 
08.54
There is light showers of rain in Osogbo. Many voters came prepared with umbrellas, it appears. Voters queue under umbrellas, accreditation not disrupted.
08.41
Accreditation has begun in PU (Polling Unit) 16 Ward 4 in Osogbo.
08.09
Accreditation of voters commenced at 8:00 a.m. in Agbale Vill PU (009), Agbongbe II, Ede North LGA.
07.55
It’s a humid morning in Osogbo. The temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. Voters have begun to head towards their polling units for accreditation which starts by 8 a.m. Military checkpoints dot several locations around the capital.
12.29
The governor, beaming with smiles, steps out of his family home to cheers from children and supporters.
He waves his trademark two finger salute to the crowd.
The children scream “APC!” But were quickly cautioned to stop. Voting is about to start.
12.13
Rowdiness as voters struggle to queue for voting at the state governor’s polling unit in Ilesa-East.
11.32
At ward 8 unit 7, Iragbiji Road, opp Police station, Olorunda LGA, five party agents – PDP, APC, LP, PPA and NCP are complaining that they were not allowed to get accredited. At the unit, INEC officials said 1324 were registered to vote and accreditation is almost concluded.
11.14
A lot of people are waiting to vote at Ward 8, Unit 1, Mr. Aregbesola’s PU in Ilesa East. All of them have been accredited.
Adekunle Busuyi, a PPA agent, says that accreditation began at 8 a.m.
“Everything is alright so far,” he adds.
The governor had been accredited five minutes ago.
11.10
So far so good.
11.04
12 important facts to know about Osun Election
1. Osun State was created from old Oyo State in 1991.
2. It has 30 local governments.
3. Each of the three senatorial districts in Osun has 10 local governments.
4. Osun has 9 federal constituencies (House of Reps members) and 26 State Assembly Constituencies.
5. According to the 2006 census, Osun has 3,423,535 people.
6. Valid Number of Registered Voters (post March 2014 CVR) – 1, 407, 222
7. There are more female voters in Osun Gender Distribution of Voter Population: Male: 661,394 (47%) Female 745,828 (53%)
8. Number of Registration Areas (Wards) – 332
9. Number of Polling Units – 3, 010
10. Number of Voting Points – 3, 379
11. Osogbo has highest number of registered voters, 110,670, followed by Ife Central, 95,471.
12. There are 20 governorship candidates recognised by INEC for the Osun Election. None of them is female. There are, however, 7 female deputy governorship candidates.
(All facts sourced from the website of the Independent National electoral Commision, INEC).
10.47
At Unit 5, College of Education, Ilesa, no accreditation going on. The INEC officials say they are done with every voter on ground and waiting for more people to come. Stephen Kolade says that “things are okay.” “We are just waiting to start voting,” he adds. Mr. Kolade, a 300 level Agricultural Science student, however, said that they had been unable to sleep in their hostels due to soldiers’ disturbance. “Yesterday, a group of people were about entering the school, the soldiers told them to sit on the ground and arrested them. Up till now, we don’t know their whereabouts. Up to 20 of them.” Another student says, ” We don’t know if those soldiers are genuine or fake soldiers.”
10.18
The APC in Osun sent the below updates to our newsroom from its Situation Room in Osogbo. PREMIUM TIMES is unable to confirm any of the claims at this time. We are trying to reach out to the appropriate authorities to confirm the claims.
1]. A huge number of APC agents denied tags in many local government areas including Osogbo, Ifedayo, Atakumosa West. In Osogbo, only 60 out of 227 agents were given tags.
2]. The Good Governance Forum in Osun has urged all eligible voters to go out en-masse to cast their votes and not be intimidated by the presence of security agents in the state or news of arrests of political leaders.
3]. Clampdown on APC leaders in Osun continues as Alhaji Tijani Oladosu, (aka TILAD), Quadri Owonikoko (a.k.a Integrity) were arrested midnight and whereabouts unknown.
4]. After hours of interrogation, Lai Mohammed, Sunday Dare released by security agents.
5]. Over 40 voters arrested in Erin Osun while on queue for accreditation.
6]. Alhaji Raimi Shitu, Vice Executive Secretary, Odo-Otin LG arrested midnight.
7]. Chairman of O’SCHOOL in Osun and Chieftain of APC, Alhaji Lai Oyeduntan’s house invaded in Osogbo.
8]. APC stalwarts Octogenerian lawyer, Pa J.O Fakayode, being detained in Ora Igbomina after being picked up by security agents from Oke Ila 9]. All APC agents in Osu, Atakumosa West have been arrested by soldiers
10.17
At Gbangan Rd Polling Unit, opposite Omisore’s campaign office, Osogbo, accreditation is going smoothly under the rain.
10.11
In several polling units in Ilesha West voters are done with accreditation, they are now waiting for voting to commence. Election proper starts at noon, about 120 minutes away.
10.04
Premium Times spoke with John Oyegun, National Chairman of APC and he confirmed the arrest of Lai Mohammed and 4 others but have been released. He said he was released in such a way that his day has been made useless.
09.50
PDP candidate cries out over of unfair treatment of agents
Diran Odeyemi, director of Media and Strategy for the Senator Iyiola Omisore governorship campaign in Osun State, told PREMIUM TIMES that INEC officials at Polling Units in Obokun local government were requesting for a letter of introduction from PDP agents.
“How it works is that the party writes a single letter to INEC to introduce all the agents, and then INEC will issue tags to them. But what’s happening now is that when our agents get to their respective polling units, they will request for another letter introducing the individual.
“I’ve complained to INEC and they have rectified the problem. But we have lost about two hours,” said Mr. Odeyemi.
Mr. Odeyemi is Mr. Omisore’s Director of Media and Publicity.
09.46
At Ward 05 Salvation Army School, Osogbo accreditation is in progress. There is huge presence of voters anxious to get accredited. Agents of PPA, PDP, APC and ADC are here.
09.35
At ward 10 Dada Estate, Osogbo, accreditation commenced 8am. However some voters cannot find their names in the register and they are worried. Only one party agent – Oyerinde Ayodele Lukman of APC is here for now.
09.33
At Ward 005 unit 002 Osogbo Grammar school, the turnout is impressive. Voters are queing up peacefully for accredition which began a few minutes past 8am. A total of 900 persons registered to vote here according to INEC adhoc staff. There are 4 party agents out of 20 – PPA, PDP, LP and APC
09.25
Accreditation ongoing smoothly in many polling units in Osogbo.
08.54
There is light showers of rain in Osogbo. Many voters came prepared with umbrellas, it appears. Voters queue under umbrellas, accreditation not disrupted.
08.41
Accreditation has begun in PU (Polling Unit) 16 Ward 4 in Osogbo.
08.09
Accreditation of voters commenced at 8:00 a.m. in Agbale Vill PU (009), Agbongbe II, Ede North LGA.
07.55
It’s a humid morning in Osogbo. The temperature is 24 degrees Celsius. Voters have begun to head towards their polling units for accreditation which starts by 8 a.m. Military checkpoints dot several locations around the capital.
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