#OndoDecides: PDP rejects Prof. Soremekun as Chief Returning Officer

November 25, 2016

Oludolapo Adelana

The Ondo chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says there are plots to rig Saturday’s election, Daily Post reports.

The party kicked against the recruitment of Professor Kayode Soremekun, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, who served as Chief Returning Officer in Edo State to avoid the “use the same template that compromised that election in Ondo State.”

In a statement issued by its PDP publicity director, Ayo Fadaka, the party said Soremekun was not the only Vice Chancellor in the country.

“We hereby warn INEC not to bring Soremekun and his unscrupulous gang to Ondo State. We emphasis that he is not the only Vice Chancellor in Nigeria and as such does not exclusively possess the skill to discharge that responsibility,” the party warned.

“He is not welcome here and INEC will only incur our wrath if it makes any attempt to impose him to superintend over our election considering the fact that we are rejecting this attempt to bring him here.

“We again declare that INEC is free to recruit any other person to serve as the Chief Returning Officer as we will certainly and vehemently refuse to allow Soremekun to compromise our election.

“We urge INEC to strive to maintain its integrity and not soil its reputation any further by using people of questionable characters to discharge sensitive roles in elections.

“Conclusively, we say no to Professor Soremekun to play any role in our election. We also wish to remind that in Ondo State we have a culture of vehement resistance to election manipulation, thus we warn stringently that we will refuse Soremekun’s appointment as our Chief Returning Officer.”

Oludolapo Adelana

Dolapo is a writer and journalist who works with YNaija. He has interests in Christianity, politics and sports.

Tags: Ayo Fadaka, Ondo election, PDP, Politics, Prof. Kayode Soremekun