Oyo residents troop en masse to vote for presidential, national assembly candidates [PHOTOS]

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Hundreds of residents of Oyo State on Saturday trooped out en masse to vote for presidential and national assembly candidates of their choice.

The residents came out in large numbers in most of the polling units in three local government areas in the Ibadan metropolis.

It was observed that electoral materials did not arrive on time in some of the polling units due to the failure of the electoral officials to arrive on time.

This caused a delay in the commencement of voting, which was slated for 8:30 am according to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Despite the delay in the commencement of voting, our correspondent observed a large turnout of electorates in some of the polling units located in Ibadan North, Ibadan North West and South West.

Our correspondent observed that there was a large turnout at Unit 13, Ward 6, Unit 26 Ward in Ibadan North.

A similar scenario was observed at Unit 15 and Unit 16 Ward 6 in Ibadan North West, where scores of electorate trooped out en masse to cast their votes.

At Unit 9 and Unit 10 located at Oke Ado High School in Ward 10, Ibadan South West local government area, it was observed that the electorate in their hundreds came out to exercise their franchise.

It was observed that accreditation and voting proper have commenced in all the polling units visited by our correspondent.

While some of the eligible voters are busy checking their names on the list of voters, others who have confirmed their names are in the queues to cast their votes.

Heavy security presence, which included the military, police and operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), was also sighted by our correspondent in most of the areas visited so far.

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