Ondo LG poll: Aiyedatiwa declares Friday work-free

The Ondo State Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has declared Friday, January 17, 2025, a work-free day ahead of the state’s Local Government election scheduled for Saturday.

According to a statement issued on Thursday by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Ebenezer Adeniyan, the directive is to allow residents of the state to participate in the LG poll.

“The Ondo State Government has declared Friday, 17th of January, 2025 as a work-free day for public servants in the state to enable them to travel to their various communities to exercise their civic responsibilities.

“Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa urges all stakeholders to ensure a free, fair and peaceful local government election across the state,” read the statement.

Meanwhile, the Ondo State Independent Electoral Commission has assured all that the withdrawal of the Peoples Democratic Party from the LG election will not hinder the electoral process.

The state’s PDP chapter, in a statement issued by its Director of Media and Publicity, Leye Igbabo, announced its withdrawal from the election.

According to the statement, the PDP stated that it had no confidence in the electoral process conducted by the ODIEC.

More so, the state police command had declared the restriction of vehicular and motorcycle movement from 6 am to 4 pm on Saturday.

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