The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has no plan
to postpone the Ondo State governorship election scheduled for Nov. 26.
The Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, disclosed
this to newsmen while responding to calls by the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) and some other registered political parties that
the election should be postponed.
Oyekanmi said that INEC had already gone far with preparations and there
was no any occurrence that warranted the commission to shift the Saturday
election.
“INEC has no plan and does not intend to postpone the election.
“Preparations for the Ondo Governorship election started since March and
12 out of 14 activities planned for the poll have already been carried
out.
“Besides, the grounds for postponing any election are enshrined in the
Electoral Law and certainly, such calls for postponement is not one of the
grounds.
“The 13th activity which is the Stakeholders’ Forum will hold on Tuesday
in Akure, Ondo State. The Commission therefore will not postpone the
election.”
The PDP had called on INEC to postpone the election, pending the
determination of the suit involving its candidate which was before the
Supreme Court.
A total of 20 other political parties had also called on INEC to postpone
the election at a news conference in Abuja on Monday.