Adebayo Adenrele
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ekiti State said it will conclude the election of State House of Assembly in Ido-Osi Constituency 1 on Saturday, April 15.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Prof Ayobami Salami stated this on thursday while presenting Certificates of Return to 25 Ekiti State House of Assembly members-elect.
It would be recalled that the House of Assembly election in Ido-Osi Constituency 1 was declared inconclusive by INEC due to the disruption of the exercise by suspected hoodlums.
Salami, who noted that only three polling Units in the Constituency were inconclusive on March 18,
expressed readiness of the commission to conduct a peaceful and hitch-free supplementary election in the Constituency.
He appealed to stakeholders in the Constituency to cooperate with the electoral body and security agencies for a successful conclusion of the process.
According to him, “The commission has only three polling units in the constituency where election was inconclusive in the Ido/Osi state to constituency 1, in Ido/Osi council area, Ekiti State.
“The inconclusive election will be concluded on April 15. We only have three polling units in the constituency where the election will hold. We are prepared, we are ready to conduct the election on the 15th of April.
“We appeal to all the stakeholders in Ido/Osi Constituency 1 to please cooperate with INEC and the security agencies so that the commission can have a successful conclusion of this process.
“I believe that we are going to get more support and more collaboration of all stakeholders. We need to work with the security agencies, we need to work with the political parties, we need to work with the civil society organizations and all stakeholders to ensure that we have a successful election in the place.”
