Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti
State yesterday held a closed-door meeting with the chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, together with
the national commissioners.
Revealing the crux of the
meeting, Fayose who fielded questions from journalists in Abuja afterwards,
said he was there to seek clarifications on election-related issues in view of
the “bragging disposition of the opposition figures” in his state ahead of the
coming elections.
He said: “I feel that I should
equally come and do an interactive session with INEC to share my ideas. INEC is
a public place. It is a public office and any citizen of this country should be
able to ask questions and I have come here to ask questions as it affects 2018
elections, July 14 in my state, and as it affects 2019 elections. I expressed
my concerns, all that I have heard; all that is making around.
“You don’t want to sit down there
and assume anything, I am a man of actions, I am very pro-active and I will not
take the chance.
“I have asked a number of
questions and they’ve answered me. And they’ve gone through the whole process,
what to expect from INEC, and they promised not to descend to the arena.”
On PDP’s position that it had
lost confidence on the INEC, Fayose said his party should not be blamed for
protesting since it was the duty of the electoral body to equally allay the
fears.
“It is a shame for you to see
people bringing children of four years, five years, coming to register. For our
nation, it is a shame. For the level of our democracy today, in 21st century,
it is a shame,” he said.
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