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…while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) polled two votes. As of the time of filing this report, only about 20 per cent of polling unit results had been uploaded to the IReV portal.

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Observers and journalists report incidents of vote inducement and electoral malpractice at some polling units in the ongoing Ekiti governorship election.

Police authorities in Ekiti State dismissed reports linking unrest in Isan Ekiti to the governorship election, insisting the incident stemmed from a football match while describing the poll as peaceful with high voter turnout.

"I have gotten reports in all of the 177 polling units. I can assure you that the election, so far, is going very well, very peaceful, transparent and, of course, the people are working together with the relevant security agencies," Mr Sani said.

Yiaga Africa said most polling units had essential voting materials and security presence by noon, although gaps remained in the deployment of some disability-related election materials.