Osun West by-election: INEC speaks on plans to shift polls

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has denied planning to postpone the Osun West Senatorial election slated for July 8.

The commission was reacting to a statement attributed to the national leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party, in which it alleged that plans were underway by the Osun State government to force the electoral umpire to shift the election.

The National Chairman of the PDP, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff, had alleged that there were serious moves by the Osun State government to force the commission to shift the elections.

However, Director of Publicity and Voter Education at the commission, Mr. Oluwole Osaze-Uzzi, said that the commission was not planning to shift the election as alleged by the PDP.

He said, “We are preparing for the election as scheduled and we have no plan to either postpone it or cancel it.

“That claim (by the PDP ) that the election was going to be postponed is not true. We are planning for the election and we are going ahead with it. I’m not aware of the plan to shift the election.”

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