There has been palpable tension In Owo, today Friday, being the eve of tomorrow's election.

Last night was said to have witnessed high and sustained gunshots fights apparently between PDP and APC adherents. Exact casualty figures are varied: but high. Ehinogbe, Owaluwa and Uka areas in the town were the hotspots of the imbroglio

By this morning many deaths have been recorded at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo where all the casualties were transferred after being given first aid treatments at the nearby private clinics

Names of those that have been confirmed dead included some innocent and those not so innocent who perhaps actually took active roles. Figures as high as nine are being quoted

The house of Afolabi Jamiu Ekungba, an APC chieftain is said to have been torched and burnt seriously. Jamiu Ekungba was one of those that took part in the September 3 APC primary which Rotimi Akeredolu won to pick the APC ticket.

Today is being marked as a work free day in Ondo State

A breaking news item on the air waves indicates that one of the aspirants of tomorrow's election, Dr Oluwadare Bada of the New Nigeria People's Party, NNPP, has announced his withdrawal from the race. It is being speculated that his withdrawal is a strategy to boost Eyitayo Jegede's chances.

Both Jegede and Bada are from Akure