The Osun State Chapter of Social Democratic Party has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission not to count any vote for both the All Progressives Congress candidate, Governor Rauf Aregbesola, and his Peoples Democratic Party counterpart, Senator Iyiola Omisore, in Saturday’sgovernorship election.
The party clamoured for the disqualification of the duo for flouting the nation’s electoral law, which stipulates time limit for election campaign.
The Chairman of SDP in the state, Ademola Isola, in Osogbo on Friday stated that the last day of campaign according to the timetable released by INEC was Thursday, August 7, 2014.
According to Isola, the billboards and several posters advertising the candidatures of both Aregbesola and Omisore as at Friday, August 8 were still placed conspicuously across the state.
He said: “Section 99 (1) of the Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) prohibits advertisements or broadcasts of campaigns 24 hours prior to the day of election, but contrary to the APC and PDP candidates have ignored this rule.
“Bill-boards by the two candidates asking people for votes are all over the state and we vehemently kicked against it.
“This must not be swept under the carpet. Every party must be treated equally in this election. Those bill-boards are still standing as at the time of my comment. It is against the law.
“We have 90 days to campaign which kicked off on Sunday, May 11 and as expected by August 11,all campaign must have been closed. But INEC has refused to act on this.
“SDP as a party is hereby asking INEC not to count PDP and APC votes in this election. Professor Atahiru Jega must allow the rule of the game stands.”
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