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The Labour Get together (LP) has rejected the deliberate involvement of the Chairman of the Lagos State Parks Administration Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly generally known as MC Oluomo within the distribution of delicate and non-sensitive supplies inside Lagos State within the February 25 and March 11 polls.
The celebration additionally tasked the brand new police commissioner in Lagos, Idowu Owohunwa to test the actions of the Resident Electoral Commissioner of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC)in Lagos, Olusegun Agbaje and disallow any type of electoral “subversion”.
The Director-Normal of LP Presidential Marketing campaign Council, Akin Osuntokun, mentioned INEC ought to do all it could possibly to make sure that individuals with loyal ties with a celebration should not included within the distribution of election supplies.
“Justice should not solely be completed however should be seen to be completed,” Osuntokun mentioned on The 2023 Verdict, Channels Tv’s particular election programme on Tuesday.
The LP marketing campaign boss spoke a few day after a Federal Excessive Courtroom in Lagos granted an injunction that barred INEC from participating or additional coping with MC Oluomo or any of his representatives within the distribution of election supplies and adhoc workers for the forthcoming polls within the state.
“This sort of factor baffles me that anyone like MC Oluomo, with all of the damaging associations with one of many presidential candidates, and it (INEC) sees nothing in going forward in participating primarily to distribute poll papers. It defies logic that anyone will assume that nothing is fallacious with that.”
Osuntokun additionally knocked Agbaje for supporting the engagement of MC Oluomo for the distribution of election supplies throughout the 20 native authorities areas of the state.
“It’s like having a cat to protect a rat. I’m wondering the logic in that,” the LP marketing campaign boss said. “If you’d like folks to trust in your election, you do all the pieces doable to make all of the preparations as open and as non-discriminatory as doable.”
Osuntokun mentioned the change of the police commissioner in Lagos is a comfort and he referred to as on the brand new police boss within the state to test any type of excesses by the INEC REC.
He mentioned with Owohunwa’s appointment as new police commissioner, “no matter Mr Agbaje is getting ready to do to subvert the election might be successfully checked and that provides us some type of hope.”
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu had arrange the parks committee headed by MC Oluomo after suspending the operations of the Nationwide Union of Street Transport Staff (NURTW) in Lagos.
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