Ondo: Take on INEC, group tasks right activists

The Coalition for Stable Democracy (CSD), has lamented the “suspicious silence” of pro-democracy movements and rights groups on the controversial reversal of the candidature of Mr. Eyitayo Jegede as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) flag bearer in the forth-coming Ondo governorship elections.

The group noted that all lovers of democracy should speak out against the injustice meted out to Jegede by INEC, in replacing his name with that of Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim in a questionable circumstance.

In a statement signed by its National Secretary, Abdulahi Sanni, CSD called on all men of good conscience to speak out in condemnation of the act, especially considering the allegations that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was behind the Ondo PDP crisis.

“It is indeed condemnable, given the insinuations that Malam Nasir El-Rufai and a few others close to President Muhammadu Buhari, are the ones manipulating INEC, at a time when all hands ought to be on deck to ensure that the electoral body regain its lost glory since the exit of Professor Attahiru Jega.

“Already, we have been expressing our worries about the lack of capacity of INEC to deliver another free and fair elections under the current leadership of the country,” the statement said.