Ahead of the governorship election scheduled to hold in Ondo State on Saturday, November 26, the Nigerian Police Force has beefed up security in the state with the deployment of more than 28,000 police personnel.
The Supreme Court has given the go ahead for the Appeal Court to deliver Judgement on the cases involving the two warring factions of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State-a decision which may change the course of the election should the appeal court rule in favour of the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction of the party.
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State has again met with President Muhammadu Buhari behind closed doors with reports suggesting that the forthcoming governorship election in the state was the agenda for the meeting.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to postpone the Ondo State Governorship election scheduled to hold next Saturday, November 26.
Notable leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, from the South West were conspicuously missing at the party’s campaign rally in Akure, Ondo State, in preparation for the governorship election holding on November 26.
