Ekiti 2022: I Only Want Best Candidate To Win, 70-year-old Woman Says
- The expectation of most Ekiti residents is that only the best candidate should win the governorship election
- Such was the desire of a 70-year-old woman known as Mama Omotayo who came out to vote for her preferred candidate on Saturday, June 18
- According to the aged woman, who is also a grandmother, her prayer is that the best candidate should emerge victorious
Ekiti - 70-year-old Mama Omotayo, a resident of Ifako Ekiti, on Saturday, June 18, declared that she only wants the best candidate to win the Ekiti governorship election.
The old woman who is a grandmother said she does not care where the candidate hails from.
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Recall that Ifako Ekiti is the hometown of the SDP candidate, Segun Oni.
Oni who decamped from the PDP is expected to make a good showing in his hometown and the entire Ido Osi local government where the town falls under.
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Ekiti 2022: Old women turn to prayer warriors, pray for SDP's Segun Oni
Meanwhile, old women in Ifaki Ekiti have shown their love for the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP), Olusegun Oni.
The old women who are over 70 years took turns to shower passionate prayers on him.
According to them, it would be well for their son, Segun.
A lot of residents were on ground to receive him as he walked to his polling unit.
Ekiti 2022: Women to decide governorship election, records 51 percent of registered voters
Reports made available to Legit.ng had confirmed that women would be deciding who became the next governor of Ekiti state.
According to an observation report by Yiaga Africa, data from the INEC voter register has revealed that 988, 923 voters were expected to vote in the gubernatorial election in Ekiti slated for Saturday, June 18.
Interestingly, Legit.ng gathered that more women registered to vote to make up 51 percent of the 988, 923 voters.
Young voters between the ages of 18-34 constitute 38.56% of the voters in Ekiti state.
Ekiti 2022: 541 trained observers to monitor governorship election across 16 LGAs
In a similar development, Yiaga Africa says it had trained 541 citizen observers billed to monitor the entire stages of the election in Ekiti.
These observers were expected to be deployed to all the 16 local government areas of the state to monitor and observe the governorship polls.
Source: Legit.ng
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