Ondo Guber: INEC Set To Publish Named Of Candidates, Running Mates

By Ayodele Oni

Barring last minutes changes, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that it will publish the personal details of all governorship candidates and their running mates for the November 16th election in Ondo State.

This publication will be done on Saturday, following the conclusion of all party primary elections.

In a statement released by Sam Olumekun, the National Commissioner & Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, INEC stated that 17 political parties have submitted their candidates’ nomination forms before the deadline of 6:00 pm on Monday, May 20th, 2024, when the dedicated portal closed automatically.

It explained, “The personal details of the Governorship candidates and their running mates will be published on Saturday, May 25th, 2024.

“This will be one week from the last date for the submission of nominations as provided in Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2022 and listed as item 4 on the Timetable and Schedule of Activities for the election.

“The Commission shall publish the personal particulars by displaying copies of Form EC9 along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate at our State Headquarters in Akure and the 18 Local Government offices across the State.

“We appeal to Nigerians to scrutinize the documents. Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by a candidate or running mate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022.”

All the governorship candidates in the November election are still holding into their chest names of their running mates in the election.

Since all the candidates emerge from the south senatorial district of the state, it is expected that their running mates will come from either the north or central senatorial districts.