The governorship candidate of the Accord Party in Oyo State, Adebayo Adelabu, lost in the unit poll to Governor Seyi Makinde of People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Mr. Adelabu, a former deputy governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, voted in polling unit 10, ward 9, Oke-Oluokun area, Kudeti in Ibadan South-east Local Government Area of the state.
He polled 38 votes behind Mr. Makinde who got 60 votes.
In the polling unit, Teslim Folarin of the All Progressives Congress (APC) got 22 votes.
Earlier, Mr. Adelabu regretted the low voter turnout in the country.
He said voters were afraid to come out to vote as a result of the violence that claimed the lives of three people two days before the election.
“To rate today’s outing in terms of the number of voters, it is not surprising. In several polling units that I have observed, the turnout is very low and the reason is not far-fetched. Perhaps people are afraid because of the events that led to the election today,” he said. .
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He said two days before the election, about four to five people were killed in clashes between supporters of APC and PDP in various parts of the local government.
“This is not good enough. It is more than enough reason for people to show apathy towards today’s vote. Everyone loves his life and anything that will cut his life in his life, it is better to avoid it. It is very sad and I am not very happy,” he said.
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