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#EkitiDecides2018: Vote buying mars peaceful poll

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Impressive turn-out of voters on Saturday was the hallmark of the governorship election in Ekiti State, and results may be announced earlier than expected as voting has been seamless in many polling units.

However, there were incidents of altercations over open inducement of voters.

But none of the 35 participating parties owned up to the inducement allegation, even as they traded blames.

Voters turned out en masse at most polling centres across the 16 local governments and 177 electoral wards in the state, despite initial apprehension a few days to the poll.

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There were only a few hiccups with the card readers.

The elements also favoured the polls, as there was no sign of rain in the towns and villages.

In every place visited, the voters formed long queues as security agents stood by, monitoring the exercise.

There was no complaint about the late arrival of voting materials.

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The only problem was how to control the crowd of voters who kept trooping to various voting venues.

The highest amount of money doled out as an inducement in some instances was N5,000, while the lowest was N3,000.

At Iyin-Ekiti, the hometown of former Governor Niyi Adebayo who is the newly elected Deputy National Deputy Chairman (South) of APC, elections went on smoothly in the two wards in the town.

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Voting was peaceful also at Ise-Ekiti, the hometown of a former Works Minister and a former gubernatorial aspirant under PDP, Mr. Dayo Adeyeye.

Scores of eligible voters that trooped out to vote conducted themselves peacefully.

Adeyeye, who came out to vote at about 9:30am, commended the voters, security agents and INEC.

Adeyeye switched to the All Progressives Congress after the PDP primary, accusing the incumbent PDP governor of hijacking the exercise.

(NAN)

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