Ondo: Police Deploy Surveillance Aircraft Overhead INEC Collation Centre As Election Results Arrive

Legit.ng journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.

As elections are concluded at the polling units level in Ondo State, security has been beefed up at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) collation centre in Akure the state capital.

Ahead of the arrival of the election results, the police have deployed surveillance aircraft around the collation centre, Channels Television reported.

In addition to the aircraft hovering overhead around the collation centre, Premium Times reported police officers were seen on horses on the premises, getting ready for any security breach.

Meanwhile, the police have restricted the movement of people in and out of the premises as results from the 18 Local Government Areas are expected to arrive at the collation centre, where the winner would be declared.

Seventeen candidates were cleared by the electoral body for the election, although the contest is a two-horse race between the incumbent, Lucky Aiyedatiwa of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and his main challenger, Agboola Ajayi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

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Ondo poll: PDP, APC results emerge from Aiyedatiwa’s polling unit

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the Ondo state governorship election results at Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa’s polling unit are finally out.

Governor Aiyedatiwa had earlier cast his vote at the Igbo ward 4, polling unit 5, Ilaje Ilaje LGA area of the state.

The APC and PDP are contesting the poll head-to-head, and their results have emerged from the governor’s polling unit.

Source: Legit.ng