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The South-West section of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has thrown its value down Governor Seyi Makinde’s request for the redeployment of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, successful complaint of Ondo State, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola.
DAILY POST recalls that Makinde had told the president of the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Yakubu
Mahmood, to instantly region the REC, stating that she hails from Ondo State.
Makinde had said, “This connection is for the INEC nationalist chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmood; you indispensable region the Resident Electoral Commissioner successful Ondo State, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola; she is from Ondo State. What they did successful Edo State, they cannot bash successful Ondo State.
“We volition protestation until she is removed. Bring different REC that volition beryllium just and that volition let a level playing field. We, arsenic PDP, are not
afraid of a just contest. Remove her; otherwise, we volition proceed to
protest.”
In a connection issued connected Wednesday, the Southwest PDP expressed its enactment for Governor
Makinde’s call.
According to the connection signed by Sanya Atofarati, connected behalf of the party, the telephone was to guarantee the credibility of the upcoming November governorship predetermination successful the state.
He said that Babalola’s alleged ties to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, made her unfit to oversee the upcoming election.
He warned that immoderate effort to manipulate the predetermination done Mrs. Babalola oregon different APC leaders would beryllium met with beardown resistance.
Atofarati said, “The Southwest PDP remains resolute successful their enactment for the redeployment of Mrs. Toyin Babalola, who is presently the
INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner successful Ondo State, due to the fact that she cannot beryllium trusted to superintend the November governorship predetermination owed to her conspicuous ties with the ruling APC successful the state.
“The radical of Ondo State, particularly the downtrodden, are peculiarly acrophobic astir the upcoming election, and INEC has the work to guarantee transparency and accountability successful the electoral processes.
“The radical volition not tolerate immoderate enactment of manipulation by a known state of the State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa and different APC leaders.
“It is evident present that the radical of Ondo State person resolved to ballot for the PDP candidate, His Excellency, Agboola Ajayi, successful the November election, and immoderate effort to enforce a known manipulator done INEC volition beryllium powerfully resisted.”
The PDP besides claimed that “Mrs. Babalola was calved successful the Igbara Odo area; present Igbara Odo is successful Ekiti South West of Old Ondo State.
“After the instauration of Ekiti State successful 1996, that country was present demarcated into Ekiti State. However, passim her life, she grew up successful Ondo State.
“So fto nary 1 fool us; either she claims Ekiti State present oregon not; she was born, bred, and grew up successful Ondo State.
“It volition beryllium honourable for the INEC president to astatine slightest beryllium honourable for erstwhile and bash the close thing.
“The main question is: Must it beryllium Mrs. Babalola? In a state of implicit 200 cardinal talented individuals, why
is INEC uncovering it hard to regenerate her?”
Meanwhile, the INEC, besides connected Tuesday, via a station successful its X account, responded to Makinde’s comments, maintaining that the REC is not from Ondo State.
However, the committee did not notation her authorities of origin.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Mrs. Babalola is not from Ondo State, successful enactment with the Commission’s argumentation not to deploy a REC to his oregon her
state of origin,” the committee stated.
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