The governorship candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, has insisted that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be transparent and ensure free, fair elections.
Akpata stated this shortly after casting his vote at Oredo ward 6, ward unit 11 at the ongoing governorship election in Edo State.
He said he observed that the process went well but that he would have to wait for feedback from his party agents across the state,192 wards and 4,500 polling units.
He said, “We are hopeful that this will be the experience from every Edo voter and I am calling on INEC that the playing field should remain level, nobody should be given any undue advantage.
“All of our agents should be allowed into collation centres.
“The agent of all parties – nobody should be hindered, prevented from going into the collation centre, so that we can all witness the process, and be able to confirm that it was done in the manner as provided by law, the electoral act and the constitution.
“So, INEC has no excuse, this is an off-cycle, they have the luxury to deploy their resources.
“All eyes are on INEC, the entire country is on INEC, and we are hoping that they will do a good job.
“It is left to be seen if the heavy deployment of security personnel to Edo are for the people or for the certain individual,” the LP governorship candidate noted.
