Bello Ahmed, the Ekiti State
Commissioner of Police in charge of the Osun governorship re-run election in
Olede in Ife South Local Government, has said that security agents were
monitoring the issue of vote-buying.
Ahmed, while speaking with
newsmen at Adereti polling Unit 12, ward 7 in Olode on Thursday, said that
anyone caught buying votes would be arrested.
He, however, said that the
election had been peaceful, adding that voters were behaving maturely.
“But so far, so good; the
election is going on smoothly,” Ahmed said.
Also speaking, Mr Stephen
Ojewande, Deputy Director of Voter Education and Publicity, INEC, said nobody
was allowed to come to the polling unit with smartphones.
Ojewande said people with
smartphones were restricted 300 metres away from the polling units.
“We ensure that nobody comes to
the polling unit with smartphones.
“We also ensure that people with
smartphones are chased 300 metres away from the polling unit,” he said.
Ojewande also said that voting
would end by 2 p.m., adding that the last person on the queue would be attended
to.
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