Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, says its agents observed incidences of vote buying and polling unit disruption at the ongoing Edo state governorship election.
Edo residents trooped to the polls on Saturday to elect the state’s next governor.
There are 17 candidates in the race for the Edo governorship seat, comprising 16 men and one woman.
Among the leading candidates are Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP), Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said 2,629,025 voters registered to cast their ballot.
In an update released on Saturday, Yiaga Africa said it deployed 300 stationary and 25 roving agents to observe a representative sample of polling units across all 18 LGAs in Edo.
The CSO added that the observers were monitoring the results collation process at the LGA and state levels.
The organisation said the election began peacefully…