Makinde’s Rival In Oyo, Teslim Folarin Casts His Vote, Displays Ballot Paper

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Senator Teslim Folarin

 The Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Teslim Folarin, cast his vote on Saturday for the presidential and national assembly elections.

Naija News reports that the Senator representing Oyo Central Senatorial District voted at Ward 5, Polling Unit II, in Idi Ose, Akanran, in the Ona Ara local government area of Oyo state.

 Folarin is the top major contender against the incumbent Governor of the state, Seyi Makinde of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Governor Makinde and his wife, Tamunominini, exercised their civic responsibility earlier at the Polling Unit [PUU08] in Ward 11, Army Children Primary School 1, Ibadan northeast.

 Addressing journalists briefly after voting, Makinde, who belonged to a faction of the PDP popularly known as the G5 governor, said the ongoing exercise was “seamless”.

“It’s going really okay. The accreditation process was seamless; people are conducting themselves very well. I think democracy has come to stay in Nigeria,” Makinde said earlier.

 Makinde who is seeking re-election, is alongside members of the five aggrieved PDP governors (The G5), having an unsettled issue with the national body of the country’s main opposition party and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar.

Buhari Vote For Peter Obi

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President Muhammadu Buhari's Special Assistant on Digital Communications, Bashir Ahmad, has taken to his verified Twitter account to share a photo of the president displaying his ballot paper at his polling unit in Kastina State. According to several reports, President Buhari arrived at polling unit 003, Sarkin Yara A Ward, Daura Local Government Area of Kastina State, in the company of his wife, Aisha Buhari.

Upon arrival, he reportedly presented his PVC to the INEC officials, who then verified and accredited him before proceeding to the polling booth to thumbprint. Moments later, Buhari displayed his ballot paper for people to see his choice of presidential candidate before putting it into the box. The photo was later shared on social media by Buhari's media aide and it has garnered a lot of mixed reactions from Nigerians.

In reaction to this, many Nigerians criticized the action of the president, adding that it was against the Electoral Act. Check out reactions below.