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Ondo Election: PDP Rejects OAU VC As Chief Returning Officer

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Makinde PDP led Council has rejected Chief Returning Officer.
News Rain Nigeria reports that Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde who doubles as  PDP National Chairman Campaign Council for Ondo State Gubernatorial Election has rejected the Chief Returning Officer of INEC.

Ondo Election: PDP Rejects OAU VC 

The National Chairman Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party, Engr. Seyi Makinde on Thursday, through a press briefing that was held in Akure, the Ondo State Capital, rejected the appointment of Professor Eyitope Ogungbenro Ogunbodede, the current Vice-Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile – Ife, as INEC Chief Returning Officer for Saturday Ondo State election.
Engr. Makinde while addressing journalists over the development stressed the for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to change its decision on the choice of the Returning Officer.
He said that Prof. Ogunbodede is a crony of the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), adding that such a situation cannot guarantee a free and fair election.
Makinde said that the people of Ondo State could be shortchanged if Ogunbodede is allowed to serve as the Returning Officer.
Besides being a crony of the Ondo State governor, Ogunbodede equally hails from Owo town, the governor added.
Makinde called on INEC to replace Prof. Ogunbodede as Chief Returning Officer with a neutral individual, adding that such a sensitive position must be held by someone who has no affiliation with any of the parties in the election.
Governor Makinde also in a press statement that was issued to the effect through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa called on all lovers of democracy around the world to be alert to the machinations of the APC-led Federal Government to rig the Ondo State governorship election.
The campaign council urged the United Nations, the European Union, the United States of America and the United Kingdom and all lovers of democracy to call INEC to order, stating that it is already compiling names of all actors and would not hesitate to recommend the same for visa ban based on their actions and inactions in Saturday’s election.
Makinde said: “All the hard work and support that we have provided for our candidate, Eyitayo Jegede (SAN), who will help us reclaim Ondo, comes down to one date, the 10th of October, 2020.
“However, it has come to our notice that the people of Ondo State will not be getting a free and fair election if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as presently composed, will be overseeing the election in Ondo State.
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