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Six parties will participate in Ekiti LG election –SIEC

The Chairman of the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Justice Jide Aladejana, yesterday said six parties would participate in the December 4 local council election. Aladejanalisted them as Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC),

All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), All Progressives Congress (APC), Peoples Redemption Movement (PRM) and Young Progressives Party (YPP). Aladejana spoke yesterday in Ado Ekiti while interacting with party leaders under the umbrella of the Inter-party Advisory Council (IPAC) on SIEC’s preparedness for the exercise.

 

The Chairman disclosed that the chairmanship and councillorship elections will in the 16 statutorily recognised local governments and the just-established 19 Local Council Development Authorities (LCDAs).

 

He said, “10 out of 16 political parties that are active in Ekiti indicated their interest in the election, but only six were screened and cleared. Let me also say that the fact that only six parties will participate won’t affect the outcome, we are on the side of the constitution regarding this.

 

“We are ready for the election. We have trained our ad hoc staff and the electoral officers in the 16 Local governments and 19 LCDAs.

 

We need you to help us caution your followers not to disrupt the conduct of the election.” On the notion that conducting election in the new LCDAs would amount to a breach of the 1999 Constitution, Aladejana said: “This is not a breach.

 

It started in Lagos State and the Federal Government challenged the case up to the Supreme Court and the apex court said the state had powers to create LCDAs. SIEC has taken every step needed to ensure compliance with these laws.”

 

The Commissioner of Police, Mr. Tunde Mobayo, represented by an Assistant Commissioner of Police, ACP Patrick Daaor, urged peaceful, fair and credible poll

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