By: Oluwatosin Adesola
Candidates of the New Nigerian People’s Party, (NNPP), in the ongoing local government election in Ondo State, have called for the cancellation of the polls due to total omission of the party’s logo in the ballot paper used for the polls.
The NNPP Chairmanship Candidate in Ondo West local government, Adebayo Olumide Oluwemimo who was at his polling unit 009, ward 8, told SUNSHINETRUTH News that the party’s logo could not be found on the ballot paper instead old logo was used by the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission, (ODIEC).
Also the Vice Chairmanship Candidate of the NNPP in Ondo West local government, Akinnagbe Akinola Johnson, who spoke with our reporter at polling unit 26, Ward 7,
confirmed the omission of the party’s official logo by ODIEC in the ballot paper.
…..photo: old logo of NNPP on ODIEC ballot paper in Ondo LG polls.
Both Adebayo and his Vice, Akinnagbe also alleged intimidation of their supporters at various polling units and accused ODIEC of bias by refusing to release NNPP party agents tags for them.
Adebayo said, ” our party’s Candidates, members and their supporters are in their various polling units to vote this morning because we are sure of winning but only to get there and realised that our logo is omitted and we can’t vote on wrong logo.”
The Candidates threatened to take legal action if the election is not cancelled and the error by ODIEC corrected on their logo.
When contacted for his reaction, the Ondo State Chairman of NNPP, Pastor Peter Olagookun, who lamented the unpleasant development of omitting his party’s logo, called for calm as necessary step would be taken.
