Violence and vote buying were witnessed in the early hours of the ongoing governorship election in Osun State.
Voting commenced early in polling units across the 30 Local Government Areas of the state.
A total of 1,955,657 registered voters are expected to vote in the election which is taking place across 3,763 polling units.
Shortly after voting began, attempts were made to induce voters in some polling units while there were also confrontations between agents and party supporters at some other places.
At Polling Unit 010, Ward 3, Ife East, disagreement ensued between party members over the money shared by some politicians.
Security operatives, however, intervened to restored calm.
At Polling Unit 001, Ward 4, Ilesa East Local Government Area (LGA), a woman was seen doling out cash to voters after casting their ballot.
The woman first registered voters’ names in a book after which they showed her their ballot papers before dropping it into the box.
The woman who got angry after somewhere whispered to her, bellowed, “They said someone has been taking our pictures. They are mad. They know themselves and if they like themselves, they better leave now.”
At Ward 7, Polling Unit 03, Ipetumodu II, Ife North, some politicians who came on motorcycles to different polling, met party agents and handed them cash for distribution to voters who were strategically positioned.
At Polling Unit 003, Ward 1, Ife East LGA, a party agent standing in front of the voting cubicle was observed nodding at voters who showed him their ballot papers before casting their votes.
There was, however, some commotion at Polling Unit 08, Ward 8 Ilesa West LGA as prospective voters struggled to cast their votes.
At Polling Unit 002, Ward 1, Atakumosa West LGA, angry voters engaged in heated argument.
But in Ile Ife LGA, thugs reportedly attacked voters.