By Kazeem Precious
Students of Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic on Thursday went to the polls to elect new executives for the Student Union Government (SUG). These elected executives will pilot the affairs of the 2024/2025 academic session.
The electoral committee, for the first time, canceled teams and banned team campaigns. Several candidates were disqualified after facing a mandatory screening exercise.
Omonitan Joshua, a student of Banking and Finance, emerged victorious at the polls with 512 votes, against his opponents Adetunji Adewale, who had 403 votes; Godwin Gabriel, who had 96 votes; and Daniel Joseph, who had 23 votes, all from the Mass Communication department.
Other elected executives include Oshinaya Omolabake, Vice President; Mustafa Omobusola, General Secretary; Adekoya Mosope, Financial Secretary; Ogedengbe Olaoluwa, Social Director 1; Oyelumade Esther, Social Director 2; Awolesi Azeezat, Welfare 1; Osikanmi Janet, Welfare Director 2; Adesola Waheed, Transport Director; Bello Taofeek, Public Relations Officer 1; Wahab Ajolayoni, Treasurer; and Aregbesola Johnson, Sports Director.
Several controversies, however, trailed the election with members of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) who were observers, faulting the process due to several electoral irregularities that halted the counting of votes for a while.
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