Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has hailed the people of Remoland for their orderly and peaceful conduct in the ongoing Remo Federal Constituency by-election into the House of Representatives.
Speaking with journalists after casting his vote at Polling Unit 002, Ita Osanyin Ward, Iperu-Remo, at 10:33 am, Abiodun also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the timely delivery of election materials.
He said: “I have just gladly exercised my franchise. I must say that I am quite impressed. The feedback I have gotten so far is that electoral materials arrived at the various polling units on time.
“I am surprised there is also a very impressive turnout. Everybody seems to be going about voting orderly, peacefully.”
The governor noted some minor challenges with the BVAS machines, which sometimes struggled to capture facial images, but expressed confidence that INEC had put measures in place to resolve the issue.
“There are issues here and there where they say maybe because of the weather, the BVAS machine takes a bit of time in capturing facial recognition images and registering it.
“But I believe between thumb printing and facial recognition, somewhere, they are managing along.”
He further commended INEC for continuous improvements in election management.
*”So far, everything looks so good and I want to thank INEC for being on top of their game as usual, obviously, year in year out, they are improving on the quality of the services they are rendering.
“For now, everything appears to be going on well. You can see there is peace here, there is no rancour and there is no fighting.”*
INEC commenced preparation for the by-elections after the death of Hon. Adewunmi Onanuga earlier this year.
Remo federal constituency bye-election: Abiodun applauds peaceful conduct
