INEC Lists Jimoh Ibrahim as PDP Candidate in Ondo Governorship Poll

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has listed the candidate of the Senator Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Jimoh Ibrahim, as the party’s candidate for the November 26, 2016 governorship election in Ondo State.

The electoral body, at the end of its meeting last night to approve the list of governorship candidates for the election, resolved to substitute the name of Prof. Eyitayo Jegede (SAN) for Ibrahim in obedience to an order of the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The decision of INEC, however, ran contrary to the decision of an Akure High Court, Ondo State, presided over by Justice Williams Olamide, which restrained the commission from substituting Jegede yesterday morning.

The spokesman to the INEC Chairman, Rotimi Oyekanmi, who confirmed the decision of the commission to THISDAY yesterday evening in a telephone interview, said that Ibrahim’s name is prefixed ‘Court’ indicating that it came through a court order and that it is also subject to further changes based on any superior court ruling on the matter.

Before the verdict of the commission, there was an air of apprehension and anxiety yesterday among supporters of rival factional governorship candidates of the PDP as all awaited the release of the list of approved candidates by INEC.

According to the official list of candidates released yesterday by INEC’s Secretary, Mrs. Augusta C. Ogakwu, the candidate of the Sheriff-led PDP faction, Ibrahim, is to be the PDP governorship candidate for the Ondo election, while Chief Rotimi Akeredolu will contest on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Other candidates include, Adeuti Stephen Taye who will fly the flag of Labour Party, Francis Adeyemi Alao (APGA) and Olusola Alex Oke is to represent the Alliance for Democracy.

The replacement of the PDP candidate, Jegede, with Ibrahim followed the ruling of a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Okon Abang. The court had ordered INEC to accept Ibrahim as the candidate of the PDP in the governorship election in Ondo State.

Abang also gave the order in a ruling on an application for the enforcement of his earlier judgment delivered on June 29 this year, in which he ordered INEC to only accept the names of the candidates sent by the faction of the Ondo State Executive Committee of the PDP led by Mr. Biyi Poroye and Mr. Ademola Genty, which has the backing of the Senator Sheriff-led National Working Committee.

 


Source: ThisDay

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