Ondo Electoral Body Shuns Litigation, Set To Conduct LG Polls

Despite court cases instituted by sacked councils’ bosses elected under the administration of former Governor Olusegun Mimiko, the Ondo State Government is set to conduct fresh local government election in the state. The sacked councils’ bosses and councillors, whose cases are still pending in court, were dissolved by the incumbent Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu upon his assumption of office in 2017.
Meanwhile, months after the controversial sack of the council chairmen, the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission (ODIEC) has fixed December 1, 2018, for a fresh local government election across the state’s 18 council areas. The Chairman of the commission, Prof Yomi Dinakin announced this while addressing a stakeholders’ meeting at the headquarters of the commission in Akure, the state capital.
He said the commission was operating in accordance with “Section 30 of the Electoral Act, 2010 (as amended) and Schedule 4 paragraph 1 of the Local Government, Establishment and Administration Law (cap 87) Laws of Ondo State”.