A light shower on Saturday delayed voting in some parts of Akure, including Isikan, where the Peoples Democratic Party candidate, Eyitayo Jegede, is waiting to vote.
Mr Jegede and his wife, Eno, had arrived at Sacred Heart Primary School, ward 2 unit 10, Isikan, around 9 a.m and joined other voters in the queue.
The rain began about 20 minutes after his arrival.
Some of his supporters had pleaded with him to jump the queue to cast his vote because of the impending rain.
Mr Jegede, however, insisted he would stay on the queue. The appeal was still ongoing when the rain suddenly came pouring down heavily.
The accreditation exercise, as of the time of filing this report, had stopped momentarily because of the rain.
Seventeen candidates are contesting the governorship election in Ondo State.
Jegede, the incumbent governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and candidate of the Zenith Labour Party, Agboola Ajayi, are considered front-runners.
Also, heavy rain was recorded around 7:50 a.m in Owo town, the home town of Akeredolu.
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived before 8 am at Unit 6 Ward 5 Isokun, Ijebu Owo where Akeredolu is expected to vote.
