The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Agboola Ajayi, has been declared the winner of his polling unit, polling 194 votes, while his closest rival, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC), polled three votes.

The former deputy governor, who had earlier voted at his polling unit alongside his wife, did so amidst a heavy presence of security agencies, including the Nigerian Police and Civil Defence.

Agboola and his wife arrived at the polling booth at around 10:36 am and were given the opportunity to vote before others who were in the queue.

The couple were accredited at about 10:45 am for voting, chatted briefly with voters, and then left the polling unit in his black Jeep.

Speaking shortly after casting his vote, Agboola expressed displeasure over the conduct of the exercise, alleging gross irregularities in the ongoing governorship poll.

He accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies of compromising the election in favor of the APC candidate.

Agboola said that the preliminary report from across the 18 local government areas has shown that the election so far was far below the standard, asking INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu, to resign for conducting the most corrupt election in Nigeria’s political history.

He described the exercise as not only a sham but also a synchronized attempt to murder the democratic process, alleging that the strongholds of PDP chieftains were militarized to intimidate voters from exercising their franchise.