Shettima leads APC mega rally as governors,Ajayi’s camps allege rigging plot

Ahead of Saturday’s governorship election in Ondo State, Vice President Kashim Shettima, governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, national chairman of the party, Abdullai Ganduje and party stalwarts would lead a ‘mega’ rally in support of the candidature of Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

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According to a statement by the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Felix Morka, the rally will be held at the MKO Abiola Democracy Park, Akure, Ondo State from 10am.

No fewer than 17 political parties will participate in the forthcoming election.

The parties cleared for the election, as released by INEC, include the ruling All Progressives Congress, Peoples Democratic Party, Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, African Democratic Party and All Progressives Grand Alliance.

Others are the Allied Peoples Movement, Action Peoples Party, Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Youth Party, Young Progressives Party and the Zenith Labour Party.

As campaign activities peak, the Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress again clashed on Tuesday over alleged plans to rig the governorship election.

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The PDP, in a statement issued by its Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, alleged that the APC leadership planned to have some of its party members as presiding officers of the INEC for the election.

The PDP Ondo State chapter had in a statement said the APC is banking on compromising the election at all costs, having failed tragically to deliver the dividends of democracy to the people.

However, the Publicity Secretary of the APC, Alex Kalejaiye, said the party had no reason to compromise the election, adding that the people of Ondo love the incumbent governor Aiyedatiwa.Kalejaiye described the PDP allegation as untrue and baseless.

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