[Mhiz Rebecca]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the
Ondo State governorship election will hold November 26 as
scheduled.
Chief Press Secretary to INEC Chairman, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, said
this in reaction 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 occurrence that warranted the commission to shift the
election.
“INEC has no plan and does not intend to postpone the election,” he
said.
“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 and before the
Supreme Court.