The Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, ODIEC, has announced the indefinite postponement of the Ondo State Local Government election.
This was c0ntained in a statement by the Chairman of ODIEC, Dr. Joseph Aremo, during a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in Akure, the State Capital.
Recall that ODIEC had scheduled the election into the 18 Local Government Areas and 33 Local Council Development Areas, LCDAs for July 13.
Meanwhile a High Court in the State in June 2023 had declared that the 33 LCDAs created by the late Governor Rotimi Akeredolu was unconstitutional.
“The court held that the law passed by the House of Assembly creating the LCDAs was signed by the late Governor in Ibadan. Which is outside Ondo State.
But notwithstanding the court ruling, the ODIEC Chairman, on Monday gave non-compliance by political parties as reason for the postponement. He blamed the political parties in the State for not complying with the electoral process.
He said, “The political parties did not submit their nomination forms. Neither did they comply with the adjusted timetable from the last meeting.
“As a precursor to the conduct of the election, between June 26 and June 28, political parties were expected to submit the lists of their agents.
“In the last meeting with the leaders of political parties, the Commission informed them that the July 13 date set for the election was sacrosanct.
“We also stated that we would not be changing the date,” he said.
However, on Monday, the ODIEC Chairman announced the indefinite postponement of the Election.
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