The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on Wednesday urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to ignore calls for the redeployment of the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola.
The IPAC Chairman in the state, Mr. Olaoluwa Adesanya, made the call at a news conference in Akure.
Adesanya said IPAC has confidence in the REC’s ability to conduct a credible governorship election in the state on November 16.
He added that INEC under the leadership of Babalola had carried IPAC along in all the commission’s activities regarding the poll.
According to him, the alleged connivance of the REC with any political party to subvert the election was false and cannot be substantiated.
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The chairman said: “IPAC Ondo State has absolute confidence in the ability of the REC, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, to conduct a free, fair, and credible election in the November 16, 2024 governorship election.
“IPAC, Ondo State Chapter, hereby unanimously passes a vote of confidence in the Ondo State Resident Commissioner, Mrs. Oluwatoyin Babalola, to carry out her statutory obligations concerning the November 16 election.
“Security agents in the state should arrest hired political thugs that might disrupt peace, before, during, and after the governorship election.”
Some groups had recently carried out protests in Akure and Abuja over an alleged bias by the REC.
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