Eight days to the governorship and House of Assembly elections, one of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s candidates in Ekiti State, Sunday Omosilade, on Friday, withdrew from the race.
He explained that he was withdrawing because “I can’t be part of an already determined process.”
Omosilade,
who is the PDP candidate for Irepodun/Ifelodun Local Government
Constituency two in Ekiti State, said the neutrality and independence of
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had been called to
question with the conduct of previous elections, especially the last
Saturday’s Presidential and National Assembly elections.
The
letter dated March 1, 2019 and addressed to the state chapter of the PDP
and copied to INEC read; “Please be informed of my withdrawal from the
Ekiti State House of Assembly Irepodun/Ifelodun Constituency ll coming
up on the 9th of March, 2019.
“I have personally lost confidence
in the electoral process, most especially, with the last Saturday’s
Presidential and National Assembly elections that were brazenly
manipulated in favour of the APC coupled with the unchecked
harassment/intimidation by security agencies before, during and after
the elections.
“The neutrality/independent of INEC has been
called to question in previous and the just concluded elections in
Nigeria, hence my lack of confidence in the process.
“I have copied INEC this letter to intimate the commission of this development.
“While
thanking the party and its members for the opportunity given me to
represent them, I feel I can’t operate under an already determined end
of a process.”
Source:- Dailytrustng
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