The Peoples Democratic Party candidate for the Ondo Stare governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede, has appealed to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone Saturday’s election for at least 30 days.
He said this would allow the party to submit a list of its agents in good time before the election as provided for in the Electoral Act 2010.
The Act stipulates that each party should make their party agents available to the commission, 14 days before the day of election.
The Biyi Poroye faction of the PDP had submitted a list of party agents to the commission before the expiration of the deadline for Jimoh Ibrahim, who was removed by Wednesday’s Appeal Court judgment.
Mr. Jegede, who led a protest to the INEC state headquarters at Alagbaka, in Akure on Thursday, told the Resident Electoral Commissioner, Olusegun Agbaje, that the postponement was necessary in order not to be in breach of the Electoral Act.
He also submitted a letter he addressed to the Chairman of the Commission, Mahmood Yahkoob, demanding the postponement of the election.
“It follows from the foregoing that any list of agents purportedly forwarded by one Poroye and his fellow pretenders who had been illegally parading themselves as the state executive members of the PDP, Ondo State cannot be regarded as authentic,” the letter read in part.
“As it is, the peoples democratic party has not forwarded the list of its agents to the commission.
“Whichever way one may look at the situation on ground, the governorship election of Ondo state slated for 26th November, if conducted, will undoubtedly be in breach of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.
“It is in light of the foregoing that I request you to differ the governorship election for Ondo State for at least 30 days so as not to conduct the election in flagrant violation of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.”
But Mr. Agbaje said INEC had gone past the issue of postponement, given that it had distributed sensitive materials to all the local governments already for the elections.
He insisted that the commission was prepared for the election come Saturday.
“We can no longer talk about postponement of the election right now,” he said. “The matter is an internal dispute within the PDP and so we cannot be talking about postponement.
“If we postpone the election, we will be losing billions of naira knowing that we have already deployed sensitive and non-sensitive materials to all the local government areas of the state.”
He said the list of party agents would be received from the Mr. Jegede and the former one would be discarded.
The materials which were supplied directly from the vault of the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, in Akure include ballot papers, result sheets and other forms that would be used to collate the results.
Mr. Agbaje said adequate security had been provided to escort the materials to the respective local government areas.

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For the purpose of fairness, the election needs to be postponed. But, this present Inec is remotely controlled by Mr Bubu. Unfortunately, he has hearing problem.

Chai the fear of OLUSOLA OKE is the beginning of advice for INEC to shift election for 30 days

OK, let me ask the audience..

If you think this election should hold on Saturday, *Click Like..

*Share if you want it postponed..


The *Likes have it.

This guy should forget about posponment and face what is ahead. Mimiko should sit up. APC had brought back rigging, they should follow Oshomhole method.

Olodo lawyer. If you are sure of winning, why asking for shift?

Omoakinsuyi:
Olodo lawyer. If you are sure of winning, why asking for shift?

Read again please.

Nna, meshi onu dia


Expect the election postponement to be announced on Saturday morning




Some guyz cannot study for two years to obtain a common National Diploma But they can date a gal for 5yrs claiming they re still studying her

My guy you need to be awarded PHD in #FEMALE-#SEXUALITY-#STUDY

God will judge u soon Bro

dunkem21:
OK, let me ask the audience..
If you think this election should hold on Saturday, *Click Like..
*Share if you want it postponed..

pls, get a job.
Truth is mine*

So the whole of the state should stand still just because you have problem in your party abi? Go and sit down joor.

So, make e fall for Christmas/New Year ... But some people foolish sha
Awon edá

yarimo:
Chai the fear of OLUSOLA OKE is the beginning of advice for INEC to shift election for 30 days

at least 30days

..

APC just played a smart one on PDP. They intentionally left the decision on who the PDP candidate is for late to cause confusion.

What concerns inec with any party's internal problem. So inec should postpone election date cos you can't put your house in order?

igbeke:
For the purpose of fairness, the election need to be postponed. But, this present Inec is remotely controlled by Mr Bubu. Unfortunately, he has hearing problem.

Can you explain the bold part?

Ovokoo:
APC just played a smart one on PDP. They intentionally left the decision on who the PDP candidate is for late to cause confusion.

There's nothing smart played.. It is called Impunity.


Shame on Abang and his drummers.

If no be for one thing, I for say Shame to INEC.

If they don't postponed it then it will be clear that inec is as useless as Buhari

Are those Jimoh Ibrahim Agents not PDP Members...

igbeke:
For the purpose of fairness, the election need to be postponed. But, this present Inec is remotely controlled by Mr Bubu. Unfortunately, he has hearing problem.

of course he's old but that's not a reason to break the law. Saturday election might vindicate the proposed abacha election if carried out by inec. they are aware of the court proceedings

meracool:
Are those Jimoh Ibrahim Agents not PDP Members...

Is Jimoh Ibrahim not a PDP member?..

Those agents are APC members just like Sherrif

I think in all sincerity of purpose and sense of fairness, it is only right, Godly and unbiased to postpone the election given that the earlier miscarriage of judgment was not caused by the good people of Ondo State but the federal government agent and therefore the burden from the failure should ordinary not be shifted to the poor citizens of that state.

go to court

dunkem21:


Is Jimoh Ibrahim not a PDP member?..

Those agents are APC members just like Sherrif

Then this is Beyomd me....!!

igbeke:
For the purpose of fairness, the election need to be postponed. But, this present Inec is remotely controlled by Mr Bubu. Unfortunately, he has hearing problem.

u no go go fain somwhr make u sidown

I feel for u sir but this had been d plan all along. To leave u with very minimal time to prepare. This used to be the tactics of the PDP back then and it is now been against them.


Ali modu sheriiff and Jimoh Ibrahim will now be patted on their back for doing a good job

The time used for leading protest would have been used to compile list of agents