All Nigeria Latest News reports that the Osun State Deputy Governor, Benedict Alabi, secured victory in his polling unit at Ward 6, Unit 7, Baptist Day School, Ikire, in Irewole Local Government.
In the contest at Benedict Alabi’s polling unit, the All Progressives Congress (APC) garnered a total of 206 votes, while the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), scored 184. Additionally, five votes were declared void.
Alabi, who was accredited at 10:31am and cast his vote at 10:32am, characterized the exercise as peaceful and well-organized.
The Deputy Governor commended the level of consciousness and enthusiasm displayed by voters, adding that Nigeria was moving towards democratic advancement.
“The turnout is massive and encouraging as you can see, every process is orderly and impressive. All stakeholders diligently discharged their duties.
“This is a clear testimony that our democracy is growing to the point of maturity and we are sure of victory as a party”, he said.