INEC Chairman, Mahmood
Yakoob, has ruled out the possibility of postponing Saturday’s Ondo
governorship election, saying the commission had put everything in place to
ensure its success.
Speaking at a meeting in Akure on Tuesday, Mr. Yakoob
said the situation in Ondo had not met the conditions provided by the Electoral
Act, required for an election to be postponed according to Premium Times.
“We have taken steps to
ensure that the Ondo election is held as scheduled,” he said. “INEC has no plan
to postpone the election this weekend.”
He said that where
disputes within a party became a matter of litigation, INEC would abide by the
decisions of the Court to determine the candidate of the party.
The PDP and some 16
political parties have called for the postponement of the election. The PDP
said the election should be rescheduled in view of the litigation on who is the
rightful candidate of the party disputed by Eyitayo Jegede and Jimoh Ibrahim.
Mr. Ibrahim is the PDP’s
candidate after INEC was ordered by the court to replace Mr. Jegede. Mr. Yakoob
said INEC would abide the provisions of the Constitution and the Electoral Act
in administering the election.
“We have warned our
officers to be abide by the law. They have also sworn to an oath of
neutrality,” he said, assuring that INEC was committed to delivering a
transparent election. “This INEC will never be compromised,” he said.
“Only Ondo people will
determine who becomes the next governor of this state.”
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