There was a relatively low turn-out of voters in Ilesa metropolis and its environs despite witnessing pre-election violence barely four days to election.
Many political analysts have projected that there would be no or little turnout of voters due to attacks and killings the town witnessed days before election.
However, the turn-out was low when compared to expected turn-out these polling units normally witnessed but still fair than the projected one due to killings and attacks.
Recall that there were reported cases of violence such as attacks, killings which led to death of some persons and injury of many across two major political parties.
Voters in some polling units came to booths as early as 8:00am while presiding officers including security operatives were at alert in units this reporter visited.
Some presiding officers had to change their venue after owners of residential buildings asked them to vacate their premises because they don’t want troubles.
Some voters claimed that they were threatened by thugs who compelled them to vote for a particular political party which prevented them from freely expressing their rights.
As at the time of filing this report, more than 20 polling units WITHIN NIGERIA visited within Ilesa East and Ilesa West Local Governments were peaceful.
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