The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Oyo State, Dr Adeniran Tella has said that the supplementary election conducted in two Federal Constituencies in the state on Saturday was hitch-free.
made this known while addressing newsmen after monitoring the exercise in the eight polling units spread across the two affected Federal Constituencies in Oluyole and Ibadan North-East/Ibadan South-East Constituencies.
According to him, the supplementary election has been peaceful and free of any form of violence.
He said that the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used in all the polling units worked perfectly well.
Mr Tella commended the voters in the concerned polling units for coming out to exercise their franchise.
Voters in the affected polling units were seen on queues while INEC officials were attending to them for accreditation and voting.
The party agents of the two major contesting political parties- All Progressives Congress (APC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were present in all the polling units.
The presence of security personnel, namely Army, Police and Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), were noticed.
A cross-section of the voters at the polling units commended the electoral body for the smooth conduct of the election.
Commenting, the PDP Vice-Chairman South-West, Taofeek Arapaja, lauded the efforts of INEC for the smooth conduct of the supplementary election.
Mr Arapaja said reports from all the polling units showed that the commission adequately prepared for the election with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) working perfectly well.