By Miracle Ogunde
A former National Vice Chairman (Southwest) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Eddy Olafeso, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to improve on the lapses recorded in the Edo poll for the Ondo governorship election.
Olafeso, who is the Chairman of the Agboola Ajayi Campaign Council, urged the electoral body to recuse any official found to have an affiliation with any political party in the lead-up to the November 16 election.
Speaking at the stakeholders’ meeting on the 2024 Ondo State governorship election on Thursday, Olafeso, who represented the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Agboola Ajayi, lauded the preparations of the electoral body for the election, stressing that INEC should address the issues raised by his party and take appropriate measures towards resolving them.
“I commend the INEC Chairman for the preparations put in place for the coming Ondo governorship election, but we implore that any INEC officials suspected to be in parley with any political party should recuse themselves in order to allow for a transparent election.”
Meanwhile, the INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, assured that the electoral body has put in place the necessary measures to ensure that the November 16 governorship election is free, fair, and credible.
Yakubu also highlighted that officials of INEC have been trained to discharge their duties effectively and efficiently without fear or favour.
Likewise, the electoral body has urged political parties and their candidates to conduct themselves in an orderly manner and eschew violence before, during, and after the election.
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