Voting has ended in today’s Governorship election held in Ekiti State.
Already, some results have been declared at the polling units level before the results will be transmitted to the INEC Portal as residents await final results.
INEC NationaI Commissioner coordinating Ekiti Election, Mr Sam Olumekun who monitored the exercise in Ado Ekiti and Ilawe in Ekiti South West local government, expressed satisfaction with the conduct and turn out of the people.
Mr Olumekun said that most of the problems noticed especially malfunctioning of BVAS machines were quickly responded to by the commission in order not to disenfranchise anybody.
Also, the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr Adeniran Tella who visited some Council areas attributed the high turn out of the electorate to aggressive voter education and enlightenment Programmes carried out by the Electoral umpire.
Some voters who spoke to Radio Nigeria applauded INEC on its preparations for the Election.
They however expressed worry over the issue of vote buying, accusing security personnel of aiding and abetting the trend.
Though, there were reported cases of snatching of ballot boxes in some areas, there was an improvement on the exercise compared to the one held in 2018.
In the meantime, the collation centre situated at the INEC state Office in Ado Ekiti is now wearing a new look with chairs and other gadgets already in place.
