Resign If You Can’t Conduct Credible Election, PDP’s Ajayi Blasts INEC Chairman

• Ajayi faults the presence of armed military officers and security agents, saying we are not at war

Agboola Ajayi, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the ongoing Ondo State governorship election, has asked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Prof Yakub Mahmood, to resign if he is unable to conduct a credible election.

Ajayi said this to reporters after voting at his polling unit 4 Idumado Quarter Kiribo in Ese-Odo LGA.

The PDP candidate voted after a brief battle with the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machine for accreditation.

He accused the INEC of compromising in the delay capturing that he and other voters in the state had experienced.

Ajayi said the INEC under Prof Attahiru Jega was to conducting “an internationally acceptable election,” but accused Mahood – led commission of dropping in the standards.

“I think Nigerians should call on the chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. If he cannot do the job, he should just resign. This is embarrassing. This is sad and Nigerians are not happy, ” he said.

Ajayi also faulted the presence of armed military officers and security agents, saying we are not at war.

Ajayi added that, “If INEC can not conduct a successful in election in one state you must know that we are running into anarchy.”