The Independent National Electoral Commission has uploaded 98% of results on its Result Viewing Portal on Saturday night.
The electoral commission as of 10.55pm had successfully transmitted results from 3,875 out of 3,933 polling units where the elections were held in the state, thus paving the way for the collation of results.
To bolster security, the Nigerian Police Force deployed 22,239 officers, while the Federal Road Safety Corps sent 1,500 personnel, along with 25 patrol vehicles, seven tow trucks, and six ambulances.
Additionally, 6,000 officers from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and agents from the Department of State Services were mobilised for the exercise.
Incidents of voter buying were reported in several areas across the 18 LGAs of the state despite heavy security measures.
On Saturday, DSS officials arrested a suspected vote buyer at Ward 4, Polling Unit 007, outside St Stephen’s Primary School in Akure, the state capital, around 9am.
The suspect was found with two bags of money suspected to be for voter inducement.
Speaking on the widespread vote-buying in the election, the Communications Officer of an election observer group, Yiaga Africa, Jennifer Dafwat, attributed the vote-buying to economic hardship in the country.
She expressed the need for political consciousness and educating the electorate about the significance of their votes.
Speaking further, the Executive Director of the Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership, Debo Adeniran, attributed vote-buying not only to poverty but to the widespread culture of corruption in the political system.
