Your votes will count, INEC assures Ekiti electorate
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be assured that no election material will be tampered with if anything we have introduced additional safeguard measures of transparency to protect the integrity of our manual and electronic processes as well as procedures he said1 by ariwodola idowuopeyemi gbemiro1 yakubu spoke at a stakeholders meeting held on monday in ado-ekiti which had in attendance some of the gubernatorial candidates and their party officials1 he said the commission had trained all the ad hoc staff required for the election while it had made adequate arrangements for the delivery of personnel and materials to all polling units1 i wish to assure you that the choice of who becomes the next governor of ekiti state is strictly in the hands of ekiti people1 please take my words your votes will count only the choice made by the ekiti people will determine the outcome of the election1 we have listened to the views and concerns expressed by different political parties and their campaign organisations1 please note that the commission would not take any action to the advantage or disadvantage of any political party or candidate1 ahead of saturdays governorship election in ekiti prof. mahmood yakubu the chairman of the independent national electoral commission inec has assured the electorate that their votes will count1 the inec boss added that three national commissioners and five resident electoral commissioners had been deployed in the state1 also speaking the inspector general of police ibrahim idris said the force had put in place adequate security measures to tackle those who may want to disrupt the exercise1 idris said the a security cordon was in place to check intrusion from the neigbouring states of kogi osun ondo oyo and kwara1 he warned that anyone caught fomenting trouble in any part of the state would be made to face the consequences no matter how highly placed1 idris also warned politicians and their followers against attempting to bribe any of the police officers on election duty saying adequate arrangements had been made for their welfare1 dont arm your thugs dont wear party insignia to voting venues dont blow siren dont ignore restriction order on human and vehicular movements dont bribe any policeman1 dont attempt to steal votes or manipulate the process. whoever that does any of these will be made to face the consequences he said1 nan reports that high point of the event was the signing of a peace pact agreed to by the candidates1