AKINWALE ABOLUWADE
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has described the security report about the local government election held in the state today (Saturday) as excellent.
According to Makinde, those who observed untoward developments in the exercise should report to the security agencies.
The governor saluted the people of the state for turning out to vote during the exercise.
He described the election as credible, saying it compared favourably with the one that was supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission last year.
Makinde spoke after casting his vote at Unit 1, Ward 011, Abayomi Open Space, Iwo Road, Ibadan North East LGA of Oyo State.
He said, “For us in Oyo State, it is almost like a given that democracy at the grassroots is what we practise. This is almost our fifth year in office and we are holding local government election for the second time.
“Before we came in, it had always been caretaker administration at the grassroots without the people having a say in who should govern them.
“You can see around also that the people are going about, performing the exercise peacefully and the traffic restriction is being obeyed by the people. So, I will commend our people for coming out to take seriously democracy at that level.”
