Ondo Decides 2024 and What is Going on

Ondo Decides 2024 and What is Going on

The loving people of Ondo State trooped out to elect a new governor who would deliver the dividend of democracy to the people.

The People Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the Ondo governorship poll Agboola Ajayi, has cast his vote at Apoi Ward II, Unit 004 in Kiribo, Ese Odo local government area.

Agboola and his wife arrived at the polling booth around 10:36 Am and were allowed to vote before others who were in the queue waiting to cast their votes.

Ondo Decides 2024 and What is Going on

The couple was accredited at about 10: 45 am for voting and chatted briefly with voters before leaving the polling unit with his black Jeep.

Speaking shortly after casting his vote, Agboola expressed displeasure over the conduct of the election alleging gross irregularities in the ongoing governorship poll.

He accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the security agencies of compromising the election in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC)ruling party’s candidate.

Agboola said that the preliminary report from across the 16 local government areas has shown the election so far was far below the standard, asking the INEC chairman, Mahmood Yakubu to resign for conducting the most corrupt election in Nigeria’s political history.

He described the exercise as not only a sham but also a synchronised attempt to murder the democratic process, alleging that the stronghold of  PDP chieftains was militarized to intimidate the voters from exercising their franchise.

He said: “If INEC cannot successfully organize an election in just one state, then you must know we are running into anarchy in Nigeria.

Ondo Decides 2024 and What is Going on

“I have been getting reports across the state and it is the same, including me, I am a victim here in my unit and I want to say it is deliberate on the part of the REC and the INEC. Don’t forget we said earlier that we don’t trust Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola as the REC; she can’t be fair.

“The system is compromised and there are complaints everywhere in the state, including vote-buying. BVAS not working and don’t forget the machine is a rigging tool for them.

This is a very shameful exercise, I think Nigerians should call on INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu to honourably resign if he cannot do his job because the system is totally compromised, he said.

“Under Professor Attahiru Jega as INEC chairman, our electoral process was getting to that international standard but Professor Yakubu has drawn us back, this is sad and Nigerians are not happy.”

On the security situation, the PDP candidate said: ” From my community here it is peaceful but accused the military operatives deployment more men to his area and I would take it up with the brigade commander. They can’t intimidate the voters. How do you station seven to 10 armed soldiers; we are not at war here!