The immediate past governor of
Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, on Saturday failed to deliver his unit and ward
at Afao Ekiti in Irepodun Ifelodun local government area of the state as his
party People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost in the House of Assembly poll in the
state.
The All Progressives Congress
(APC) candidate for Irepodun/Ifelodun constituency 2, Alhaji Hakeem Jamiu, in
Fayose’s unit at St David’s Primary School polling unit in Afao Ekiti, polled
168 to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party’s candidate, Sunday Omosilade, who
garnered 26.
However, Omosilade, who is
Fayose’s Personal Assistant had last week notified the Independent National
Electoral Commission in a letter dated March 1 of his intention to withdraw
from the race.
But a source close to the office
of the electoral body in the state, said INEC was not aware of Omosilade
withdrawal from the race saying such should have come 45 days to the poll.
Governor Kayode Fayemi won Ward
11, Ogilolo Polling unit in Isan-Ekiti for the APC with 172 votes while PDP
scored 0.
Also at units 15 and 003, Igbemo
ward, Jamiu recorded 171 and 335 votes respectively, while PDP polled 0 in the
two units.
Fayose also lost in his
Afao/Araromi ward , as APC scored 648 while the PDP got 67 votes.
As low turnout of the voter
generally characterized the poll , some chieftains of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) in the state have charged the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) and all stakeholders to improve on the electoral process.
The APC leaders including the
Special Assistant to the President on political Affairs, Senator Babafemi Ojudu
, Senator-elect Opeyemi Bamidele and the state’s Attorney General and
Commissioner for Justice Mr Wale Fapounda who spoke with journalists stressed
the need for INEC to particularly embarked serious voter education with a view
to achieving improved participation of electorate in choosing their
representatives.
Senator Ojudu urged the electoral
body and political parties to further encourage and enlighten the people on the
need to participate in electoral processes, noting that it remains the only way
for them to effect positive impact on their lives.
Bamidele, who spoke after voting
at his Ward B, Iyin Ekiti, Bamidele said a lot needed to be done in addressing
pervasive cases of violence and apathy in the country.
“INEC must up its game if we
really want to get it right. In some part of the country, there were late
arrival of materials, so this should not happen,” he said.
Fapounda, a member of the
National Executive Council (NEC) of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), who
raised the hope that steps are being taken to reform the nation’s judicial
sector and strengthen its integrity, charged the would be elected lawmakers in
the state and across the nation to ensure they effect positive changes in the
lives of their people.
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