The United States has said the
world is looking forward to the July 14 Ekiti governorship election.
The Consul General, Mr. John
Bray, spoke during a meeting with the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers
held in the palace of Ewi of Ado-Ekiti, Oba Rufus Adejugbe.
He was reacting to the request of
the council for a free, fair and credible election in a peaceful atmosphere
made by the monarchs.
Council Chairman and Oloye of
Oye-Ekiti, Oba Oluwole Ademolaju, had asked the US to prevent vote-buying
during the July 14 governorship poll in the state.
He said, “We want you to use your
good office to bring monitors all over the polling units.
“Security agencies must be above
board during and after the elections.
“We want everybody to be carried
along. We want reputable groups as monitors present at polling units, not
people that will just be moving about.”
Also speaking, Oba Adejugbe
stated that the people would be happy if the most popular candidate won the
election.
He said, “We want peace and vote
to count. If the most popular candidate won at the end of the day, nobody would
raise a voice.”
The Ogoga of Ikere-Ekiti, Oba
Adejimi Alagbado, warned against the experience of the 1983 election violence
where many houses were burnt in the old Ondo State.
He said, “We are concerned about
safety in our domain; we don’t want Ekiti to be a battleground. We want the
choice of the people to emerge as governor in the election.”
Responding, Bray promised that
the US was committed to peace before, during and after the election.
He said, “We are on the side of
the people. We are here to support free, fair, credible and peaceful election.
“The eyes of the world will be on Ekiti on
July 14. We would be here and we won’t let you down.”
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