Osun poll Updates: Aregbesola in early lead as voting ends - Live Updates

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Rauf Aregbesola takes a pose after casting his vote at Ifofin unit 1 polling centre in Ilesa Governor Rauf Aregbesola of Osun state has taken an early lead as the gubernatorial election reaches a climax. Cumulative results as at 6:17 p.m. reveals that the incumbent governor leads the pack. His party, the All Progressives Congress has so far recorded 213,465 against 150,553 of his main contender Senator Iyiola Omisore of the Peoples Democratic Party. 

APC vs GEJ: “The World Is Watching You” – APC Tells President Jonathan

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President Jonathan, Lai Mohammed

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has asked President Jonathan to put his words about free and fair elections in the country into concrete actions and ensure that the elections are not marred by the intimidation and harassment of opposition party members and supporters.

This was made known in a statement issued in Lagos on Monday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed asking the president to prevent deliberate disenfranchisement of voters, which hallmarked the Anambra and Ekiti gubernatorial elections, among others during the election.