Ondo 2024: Be neutral in your dealings with candidates, political parties – Makinde tells INEC

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to beryllium just and stay neutral successful its dealings with candidates and governmental parties contesting the gubernatorial predetermination successful Ondo State.

He made these declarations connected Tuesday.

DAILY POST reports that the predetermination has been fixed to clasp connected Saturday, November 16 this year.

Makinde called connected INEC to bash the close happening by being just and ensuring a level playing tract successful the contest.

He challenged INEC Chairman, Professor Yakubu Mahmood, to region the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, who is an indigene of the state.

He noted that this would show fairness and transparency from the predetermination umpire.

Makinde who spoke successful Akure during the flag-off of the PDP governorship run and presumption of emblem to the party’s governorship campaigner and erstwhile Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Chief Agboola Ajayi, expressed restitution with the monolithic turnout of Ondo State residents astatine the rally.

Makinde who spoke further declared that PDP would not ticker and let a repetition of the shenanigans that took spot successful the Edo State governorship predetermination held recently.

He added that his enactment would protestation until the Ondo REC is removed and different REC is taken to the state, saying this would lone beryllium fair.

He said: “This rally is the opening of the triumph enactment for the PDP successful Ondo State.

“Please spell from ward to ward, location to location for the adjacent 3 weeks to triumph souls for the PDP and it shall beryllium good with us.

“But I person a connection for the INEC Chairman, Prof Yakubu Mahmood. You indispensable region the Resident Electoral Commissioner successful Ondo State, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, due to the fact that she is from Ondo State.

“What you did successful the past Edo predetermination cannot beryllium replicated present successful Ondo. We volition protestation until she is removed.

“Bring different REC that would beryllium just and let a level playing field. We, arsenic PDP, are not acrophobic of a just contest. Remove her, otherwise, we volition proceed to protest.”