VENO NEWS:Ahead of Governorship Election in Ondo State: PDP Calls For Removal of REC, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola ., It is against the policy of the INEC to deploy a REC indigene ..INEC Date: 16-10-24
According to Gov.Makinde, the REC is from Ondo State. Calling the INEC Chair to replace her with a neutral person.This message is for the INEC national chairman, Prof. Yakubu Mahmoud. You must remove the resident electoral commissioner in Ondo State, Mrs Oluwatoyin Babalola. She’s from Ondo State,” Makinde said.
“What you did in Edo, you can’t do it in Ondo,” the governor added in Yoruba.
Reacting to Makinde’s statement, the INEC in a statement on its X account on Tuesday evening, debunked the claim that Babalola is an indigene of Ondo, adding that it is against the commission’s policy to deploy REC to his or her statement of origin.
By Kayode Adoide