The Labour Party has pushed for the postponement of Saturday’s polls in Ondo State over its missing logo in the ballot papers sent to some areas of the state.
It was earlier reported that the logo of the Labour Party is missing on the ballot papers sent to Ondo State by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
However, in its reaction, the party revealed its logo was missing from the ballot papers to be used for elections in Ondo Central Senatorial District and five House of Representative seats.
The Ondo Labour Party (LP) Secretary, Abiodun Agbaje, noted that the affected House of Representatives were the Akoko Southwest/Akoko Southeast, Ondo East/Ondo West, Akure North/Akure South, Okitipupa/Irele and Ese-Odo/ Ilaje.
According to him, the party discovered the anomaly when representatives went to INEC for sorting out electoral materials to be sent to various wards.
He expressed shock that the party’s logo was missing from the ballot papers despite it sending names of its candidates to INEC.
Agbaje stated that “Our representative went to INEC for sorting out electoral materials to be sent to various wards. LP logo was missing for the Senatorial and House of Representatives where we have candidates. INEC should give us an opportunity to participate or postpone the election.
“Our candidates should be given an opportunity to exercise their rights. We are here to express our displeasure. We expect INEC to do the needful. It was a deliberate act. I do not think if any agency of government supersedes the judiciary that gave us judgment.
“Our party primary was conducted across the federation. INEC acknowledged the letter from our party in October last year. You cannot vote without the logo of the parry.
“Logo of the party appeared in Ondo North. Our candidates wer3 not initially uploaded on the portal at the fault of INEC and not the party. Names of all the candidates were forwarded to INEC.”
