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• Presents Certificates of Return to 25 lawmakers-elect
From Priscilla Ediare, Ado-Ekiti
The Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), has solicited the support of political parties and other stakeholders as the Commission will be conducting the supplementary election for Ido/Osi state Constituency 1, Ido/Osi council area House of Assembly seat in Ekiti State on April 15.
The Commission had declared the election held in the constituency on March 18 inconclusive due to the margin of lead principle that was applied following disruption of voting in some polling units.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the State, Prof. Ayobami Salami, who made the appeal on Thursday, during the presentation of Certificates of Return to 25 House of Assembly lawmakers-elect in Ado-Ekiti, noted that the election will be held in only three polling units in the constituency, adding that the Commission is ready for a peaceful and hitch-free conclusion of the outstanding election.
“The inconclusive election will be concluded on April 15. We only have three polling units in the constituency where the election will hold. We are prepared, we are ready to conduct the election on the 15th of April”.
He noted that the electoral body had been appealing to all the stakeholders in Ido/Osi Constituency 1 “to please cooperate with INEC and the security agencies so that the commission can have a successful conclusion of this process.
“I believe that we are going to get more support and more collaboration of all stakeholders. We need to work with the security agencies, we need to work with the political parties, we need to work with the civil society organizations and all stakeholders to ensure that we have a successful election in the place.”
Salami who pointed out that the conduct of election to the State House of Assembly of Ekiti State on March 18 was very peaceful, said “Today (Thursday), we issued the Certificates of Return to 25 members-elect of the House of Assembly,” adding the poll to elect the 26th member would be completed on April 15. ”
A lawmaker-elect and Chairman, House of Assembly Committee on Media and Publicity, Adeoye Aribasoye, of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Ikole 2, commended his people for giving him a second term ticket to represent them again, promising he would not let the state down.
Aribasoye said, “My coming back to the Assembly is now based on experience in the art of lawmaking, oversight, monitoring activities of government and projects in my constituency.”
He added, “We will work with the executive to ensure that Ekiti people are better for it”.
Another lawmaker-elect, Babatunde Omotayo of the Social Democratic Party(SDP) Ise/Orun , said, “I am not going to the House to form opposition, rather, I am going there to defend the interest of my people. I will join hands with my colleagues to pass good laws and protect the interest of my people”.
