The Ondo State Governorship Election began at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday in Akoko North-East and Akoko North-West LGAs of the state, with a strong turnout of voters.
Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were observed at some of the voting stations visited by NAN, attending to the electorate.
Elections began at 8:30 a.m. in Iyometa Ward 1, Unit 1; Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 007; and Ikado Ward 2, Unit 5 in Ikare-Akoko, as well as in Ugbe Akoko, Ward 3, Unit 2.
Speaking with the NAN, Vincent Ugboma, the Presiding Officer (PO) at Ikado Ward 1, Unit 001, stated that there was a minor delay due to the BVAS failing, but the problem had been resolved.
Ugboma stated that voters began to arrive in significant numbers, and that by 9:00 a.m., over 50 people had been accredited and voted at the unit.
“The electorate are much; there is need to divide the unit into two so that it could be managed effectively by the electoral officials,” he claimed.
Also, in Ikado Ward2, Unit 13, Mr Felix Adedoja, the Presiding Officer, stated that the poll had gone smoothly.
He did, however, claim that some of the voters were impertinent and disruptive.
Surajudeen Yakubu, 32, a physically challenged voter from Iyometa Ward 2, Unit 008, begged the election commission to allow the ballots to count.
Yakubu also exhorted people with disabilities (PWDs) to always exercise their right to vote in any election, adding that “being a PWD should not limit them from exercising their rights”.