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A few of the political events taking part within the ongoing governorship election in Ondo State together with the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP) have been caught participating in vote shopping for.
The Bureau Newspaper noticed that the events predominantly interact within the vote shopping for in Irele Native Authorities Space of the state.
It was noticed at polling unit 007 (PU007), Ajagba Ward 2, Irele Native Authorities Space, some political social gathering brokers are handing out signed papers to voters as tickets to receives a commission after casting their votes.
Some voters stated that the papers can be used to gather money from the brokers after the election, however they stated that they didn’t know the precise quantity they might be paid.
Earlier, Fortunate Aiyedatiwa, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, participated within the ongoing election by casting his vote early in his polling unit.
The governor arrived at Igbo Ward 4, Obenla neighborhood, in Ilaje Native Authorities Space at 8:46 am, accompanied by his safety aides.
He accomplished the voting course of at 8:48 am.
This marks an essential second within the election as Aiyedatiwa seeks re-election beneath the APC platform.
Some voters had complained about malfunctioning of some Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.
Chatting with The Bureau Newspapers at Polling Unit 004, Apoi Ward 2, Kiribo, Ese-Odo Native Authorities Space of the state, a voter, Omotayo Akinlami, had stated the malfunctioning BVAS was affecting the election of their polling unit.
He had stated it will be higher if INEC allowed them to undertake handbook accreditation.
He stated: “The digital system they introduced just isn’t working, it isn’t functioning. So I’ll advise that we must always do handbook accreditation in order that we will vote and go. It is because every time they do handbook accreditation, the votes might be counted and likewise every time they do digital accreditation, the votes might be counted, so we must always do handbook accreditation and go. It’s not working.
“They spend half-hour to seize one particular person, how will it’s attainable for individuals to vote? When now we have lots of people to vote right here. These items are deployed to make use of towards us right here which we is not going to take it. It’s higher we use handbook accreditation and forged the vote and go.
“You realize something pc doesn’t work anyplace on this nation. We’ve got been doing handbook accreditation and now we have been doing it efficiently. So this one(BVAS) just isn’t working. Spending half-hour to seize one particular person just isn’t going to work. We’ve got loads of voters right here.”
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