Jedege spoke with newsmen shortly after he cast his vote at Ward 2, Unit 9 at Sacred Heart Primary School in Akure.
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NAN reports that the rain destroyed some election materials with the voting booths in some polling thoroughly soaked, while staff of INEC took refuge and struggled to secure the materials.
Madu said: “We do not care about any political party but most importantly, we should do the right thing and allow peace to reign during and after the election
The statement said: “We remain fully confident that PDP’s governorship candidate in the forthcoming election, Eyitayo Jegede has the support of the people and the best credentials to govern the state
The lawmaker, who was a former Commissioner for Works in Ondo State, said that he had formally joined APC at his home town, Ode-Irele in Irele Local Government Area of the state
A NAN correspondent who visited some areas in the state on Thursday reports that armed personnel from the Nigeria Police and the Nigerian Army were stationed at strategic places
The court ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to replace Jimoh Ibrahim’s name with that of Jedege.
Before the judgment, INEC approved Ibrahim as the PDP candidate for the election
Mrs. Akeredolu, who is a grass root politician and activist of good governance, assured the Igbos in the state of a balance in representation at the Alagbaka seat of government in Ondo State if her husband is elected governor
He said that the victory of Jegede as the PDP candidate in the Saturday election was not in favour of the party to win the poll.
He called for the postponement of the poll as done by the Independent National Electoral Commission in the last Edo governorship election
The President, who made the call in a statement issued in Abuja by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, said a vote for All Progressives Congress was a vote for progressive and people-oriented policies
Consequently, Justice Salauwa, who delivered the judgment on Wednesday afternoon, directed INEC to publish the name of Eyitayo Jegede of the Ahmed Makarfi faction as the governorship candidate of the PDP
Speaking with journalists in Lagos after an emergency meeting of its members, ORM Convener, Gboyega Adeoye, said the group’s stance hinged on the sensitivity of the election and the setting of precedence in Edo State, where election was postponed for two weeks to avert break down of law and order
Acknowledging the role played by outgoing Governor Adams Oshiomhole in ensuring the success of the All Progressives Congress in the last gubernatorial elections in the state, President Buhari challenged the Governor-elect, Godwin Obaseki, to continue in his footsteps of providing purposeful leadership in terms of quality infrastructure, education and social services
The group also asked the court to disband the panel comprising Justices Ibrahim Salauwa, Ignatius Igwe Aguba and George Mbaba.
It said it was set up in breach of the applicants’ right to fair hearing guaranteed under Section 36 of the Constitution