INEC’s Resident Electoral
Commissioner in Oyo State, Mr. Mutiu Agboke, has advised political parties not
to relax, but to ‘start preparing for the 2023 general elections in earnest.’
He also added that the era of
manipulating the results of elections in favour of any political party is over
in the nation’s democracy.
Agboke, who stated this on
Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Ibadan, said the
votes of the electorate would always count in determining who win elections.
He described the last general
elections in Oyo State as a successful exercise.
According to him, the outcome of
the Saturday polls has proved that the Independent National Electoral
Commission meant its word and would continue to improve on its existing
achievements.
He said the use of Permanent
Voter Cards remains the only power the electorate had to choose their leaders
as witnessed in the recent general elections.
The REC urged Nigerians to
continue to have trust and to believe in the activities of INEC, saying that
the Commission had no sympathy for any of the political parties in the country.
The REC commended the people of
Oyo State for the relative peace that characterised the conduct of the general
elections.
He expressed satisfaction over
the support the Commission received from Inter-Party Advisory Commission, Security
agents, National Orientation Agency and media organisations that contributed to
the success of the elections.
Agboke implored owners of the
unclaimed PVCs to come forward and collect them, saying 2,023 PVCs were yet to
be collected.
He further called on political
parties not to relax but to start preparing for the 2023 general elections in
earnest.
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