The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has urged Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ignore calls for the redeployment of Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola.
The Ondo State Chairman of IPAC, Mr Olaoluwa Adesanya made the call on Wednesday during a news conference in Akure.
Adesanya stated that the REC was a person of integrity and IPAC had confidence in her to conduct a credible, fair and free election in Ondo State, come Nov.16.
He added that INEC under the leadership of Babalola, had carried IPAC along in all the commission’s activities, as regards the polls.
According to him, the alleged connivance of the REC with any political party to subvert the November governorship election is false and cannot be substantiated.
“IPAC Ondo State has absolute confidence in the ability of the REC, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola, to conduct free, fair and credible election in the forthcoming Nov. 16, 2024 governorship election.
“IPAC, Ondo State Chapter, hereby unanimously passes vote of confidence on the Ondo State Resident Commissioner Mrs, Oluwatoyin Babalola, to carry out her statutory obligations concerning the Nov. 16 election.
“Security agents in the state should arrest hired political thugs that might disrupt peace, before, during and after the governorship election,” he said.
DAILY POST recalls that some groups in Akure and Abuja, during a recent protest, alleged that the REC was biased.
The groups alleged that Babalola could not be impartial in the conduct of the forthcoming poll in the state.