Ondo guber: Youths storm INEC headquarters over removal of REC

A group of youths in Ondo State have stormed the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Abuja over the removal of the Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in the state Oluwatoyin Babalola.

DAILY POST reports that the Ondo governorship election is scheduled to hold on November 16, 2024.

The youths carried drums and placards, singing and dancing while demanding the reinstatement of the REC.

This is as the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, announced that 55,859 Permanent Voter Cards were collected in the state ahead of the governorship election.

The electoral umpire, in a statement on Tuesday released by its National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun noted that the PVCs were collected over a five-day period, representing 62.2 per cent of the 89,777 available cards.

Olumekun noted that this was the highest percentage of PVCs collected in such a short period since the Continuous Voter Registration process was introduced in 2015.