The Peopleโs Democratic Party in Ekiti State has condemned the
decision of the state Independent Electoral Commission to allow people
without voters card vote with driver license in the December 7 Local
Government election.
PDP maintained that any guideline or โlawโ made by the State
government through State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC) that
runs contrary to the Electoral Act and constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria will be vehemently resisted by the Party and
rejected by the people.
In a statement in Ado Ekiti, the PDP Publicity Secretary, Mr Jackson
Adebayo, said the governor and his agents at the SIEC have resorted to
obnoxious steps after realizing that the election would not be a usual
game as they thought at the beginning.
The Party added that most of the guidelines laid down by the Ekiti
SIEC were not acceptable to law.
According to the Party, there is no ambiguity in Local Government
election as the government want to be presenting it now, hence, it is
advisable for the SIEC to follow only whatโs obtainable in the general
elections rather than taking some illegitimate shortcut to bar other
partyโs candidates from contesting in the election.
The Party spokesman noted that the idea of using other ID cards rather
than voters card is a deliberate arrangement to rig the forthcoming
Local Government election which would not be accepted under any guise.
