Ogun elect 20 LG chairmen, 236 councillors amid tight security

Ogun State residents have stepped out to elect chairmen and councillors into the state’s 20 Local Government Areas and 236 wards across the three senatorial districts.

Checks by The Guardian in some polling units and wards in the Sagamu and Ikenne LGAs showed voters arrived early at their various centres and were waiting for election materials and officials of the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission (OGSIEC) for the exercise to commence.

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) identified as toyn told The Guardian that they were waiting for voting materials and OGSIEC officials to arrive for the poll to commence at a polling unit inside Wesley Primary School, Ward 10, Sagamu.

At unit 3, ward 3 at regun in Ikenne Local Government Area, voting began around 10:30 am.

The election was planned to start by 8:am and end by 2:pm but as at 9:am, voting had not commenced at some of the centres monitored in Ikenne and Sagamu LGAs due to late arrival of election materials and electoral officials.

However, there was a heavy presence of security agencies comprising operatives of the Nigeria Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and Department of State Service (DSS) at strategic places to provide security for the exercise and enforce restriction on unauthorised movement during the voting period.