#Osundecides2018: ADP gov candidate, Adeoti, charges INEC on fairness, impartiality

He maintained that “I wish to use the opportunity to charge INEC, the electoral umpire on the need to rise above board by conducting a free and fair governorship poll on September 22. This call has become necessary in view of the strategic position of the state on the political landscape of the South West geo-political zone of the country.

Adeoti, who gave the charge in a press statement signed by his media aide, Mr Kayode Agbaje, which was forwarded to the Nigerian Tribune in Osogbo averred that “INEC must also come to term with the reality that all eyes are on the state, including those of the members of the international community.”

He was quoted to have made these remarks while having an audience with members of a Lagos-based human rights group, Eyes for Democracy (ED), who recently paid a courtesy visit to him at his campaign office in Osogbo, the state capital, stressing that the umpire should strive to be impartial, with a view to delivering credible election that would be acceptable to all and sundry at the end of the poll.

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According to him, “all eyes are currently on the state in view of the state’s strategic position in the political landscape of the South West geopolitical zone of the country, promising that Osun would witness enviable developmental growth if he wins the coming election.

Adeoti, however, described as laughable speculation that he was planning to defect to the All Progressives Congress, (APC), after winning governorship poll, emphasising that “I want to state it for the umpteenth time and put the rumour monger to shame once and for all that I have no plan to leave the ADP and go back to the ruling-APC once elected.

“This is a lie from the pit of hell, especially my political detractors, who are bent on painting me as an inconsistent and self-centred politician. This time, like numerous occasions before now, they have failed woefully

Earlier, the ED National Coordinator, Comrade James Nonso Okechukwu, stated that his group’s mission in the state was to ensure a violence-free governorship election through visits and appeal to the various stakeholders to play the game by the rules.

S-Davies Wande