Two observer Groups, Pan African Women Projects and Intercontinental Leadership Initiative have said the Saturday governorship election in Osun State was credible.
The group said though there were incidents of vote-buying during the poll, yet, it cannot be compared to the June 18, Ekiti state governorship election.
At a press conference in Osogbo, Dr. Eno Udensi, who spoke on behalf of PAWP remarked that: “Many polling units that had more voters had more than two BIVAS which made accreditation faster. Also, the vote buying in Osun was not as unhealthy as that of Ekiti where many people were trading at the polling units’ environment.
“The Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAs) used at this election performed better than the previous election in Ekiti”.
Giving his own assessment of the poll, Stafford Bisong who is the Lead Trustee of Intercontinental Leadership Initiative, said the Osun electorate exhibited a high level of discipline and commitment to the sustenance of a credible electoral process during the poll.
“The good people of Osun State came all out to exercise their franchise having rekindled their minds to the importance of voting and the fact election results are always decided by a select few who make up their minds on the fact that voting is worth the effort,” he concluded.
The groups lauded the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) for the initiatives that are making the votes of the electorates to count.
