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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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Voters in some polling units came to booths as early as 8:00am while presiding officers including security operatives<\/a> were at alert in units this reporter visited.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Ward 8 Unit 3 – Ilesa West LGA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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Ward 5 Unit 5 – Ilesa West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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