Palpable tension has enveloped Ondo, the sunshine State as gladiators flexed muscles. The incumbent Governor, Olusegun Mimiko has vowed to resist an attempt to rig his party, PDP out in today’s gubernatorial election.
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Afolabi Olaposi also was shot dead by unknown Gunmen suspected to be political hoodlums yesterday in Owo, the hometown of the APC Candidate, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu.
Addressing journalists on Friday, Governor Mimiko accused INEC of violating the electoral law which stipulates that a nominated candidate’s name for an election must be published 30 days before the election.
Mimiko also accused INEC of taking sides and planning to subvert the will of the Ondo people during tomorrow’s election through the manipulation of polling agents unknown to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He accused INEC of not releasing the electoral register to the Peoples Democratic Party until Thursday, two days to the election.
The governor said the people will not accept the adhoc electoral officers used to conduct the Edo governorship election to conduct the Ondo election. He vowed that the people will resist the team which has been specifically tutored to favour the APC governorship candidate in the election.
Mimiko appealed to the Ondo people not to be intimidated, adding that the electorate had been sensitized on the rigging plan of the opposition.
The Ondo governor vowed that the people will resist any attempt to foist an unpopular candidate on them as governor.
”We shall not be conquered people on our land. We shall resist it. We’ll not accept it. We’ll not fold our hands and allow injustice,” the governor stated defiantly.
