16th July, 2022
By Victor Adeoti
Adekunle Benjamin, a 95-year-old man spotted waiting to vote at polling unit 7, Ward 8 in Oogi, in Oogi Town, Ayedaade Local Government areas, as early as 7.00 a.m. said he came out early to vote because of his faith in a better Nigeria.
Benjamin was spotted alongside 90 year-old woman, Mrs Shabina Oladipo while waiting to vote at the polling unit by a correspondent of News Agency of Nigeria.
Benjamin said he came out as early as 7.00 a.m to cast my vote for his preferred candidate, adding that he has been voting since 1952.
He added that he also came out to vote for a better economy.
“I am 95 years of age and I had been voting since 1952. I still have faith in this country.
“I am here to exercise my civic responsibility and to vote for my candidate for better dividend of democracy,” he said.
Benjamin, however, appealed to candidates in the election not to see the election as a do-or-die affair.
“Politics is a game and not a fight. No matter what the outcome of the election might be, the winner and the looser should see themselves as one,” he said.
Benjamin commended INEC for the timely arrival of their officials at the polling unit.
On part, Oladipo, 90, Oladipo said she came out early to vote because of her desire for peace and development of the state.
She said she believed that her preferred candidate would fulfil his campaign promises.
Oladipo, who claimed to be 90 years of age, appealed to the electorate to come out and vote.
In her remarks, Miss Asogwa Ngozika, the Presiding Officer of the polling units, said they arrived at the polling unit at 6:30 a.m.
Ngozika said the electorate were also orderly.
NAN report that accreditation of voters and voting commenced smoothly at 8:35 a.m.