{"id":152231,"date":"2025-02-22T09:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T08:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit"},"modified":"2025-02-26T22:56:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T21:56:11","slug":"osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","title":{"rendered":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the contentious poll begins across the state.<\/p>\n

The governor cast his vote as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday morning amid tension over possible unrest.<\/p>\n

The election is currently being held as scheduled despite advice from the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi.<\/p>\n

The Nigeria Police Force had also called for the suspension of the exercise, stating that unrest was likely to unfold following disagreements between political parties.<\/p>\n

The Labour Party had also announced its decision to back out of the exercise, saying the security of its agents was not guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Watch video:<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the contentious poll begins across the state. The governor cast his vote as early as 8 a.m. on Saturday morning amid tension over possible unrest. The election is currently being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":152230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[594,254,516],"class_list":["post-152231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-adeleke","tag-nigeria","tag-osun"],"yoast_head":"\nOsun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1066\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\"},\"wordCount\":139,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adeleke\",\"Nigeria\",\"Osun\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\",\"name\":\"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg\",\"width\":1600,\"height\":1066,\"caption\":\"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit - Nigeria","description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit","og_description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1600,"height":1066,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit"},"wordCount":139,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg","keywords":["Adeleke","Nigeria","Osun"],"articleSection":["all news","Community"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit","name":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg","datePublished":"2025-02-22T08:35:36+00:00","dateModified":"2025-02-26T21:56:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State has cast his ballots at Unit 9, Ward 2, in Ede North Local Government Area as the ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1740204459.639334.jpg","width":1600,"height":1066,"caption":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/osun-election-underway-despite-agfs-advice-governor-adeleke-votes-in-polling-unit#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Osun election underway despite AGF\u2019s advice, Governor Adeleke votes in polling unit"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/152230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}