Six parties to take part in LG election

The Chairman of the Ekiti State Independent Electoral Commission (SIEC), Justice Jide Aladejana, has said six political parties would participate in the local government council elections held in the state on December 4. 

Aladejana gave their names as: Action Alliance (AA), African Democratic Congress (ADC), All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), All Progressives Congress(APC), Peoples Redemption Movement(PRM), and  Young  Progressives Party (YPP) . 

The SIEC Chairman disclosed that the chairmanship and councillorship elections will be held across the 16 statutorily recognised local governments and the just established 19 Local Council Development Authorities (LCDA). 

He said that the commission and security agencies have perfected strategies for credible elections, saying nobody will be allowed to jeopardize the government’s efforts to install constitutionally recognised leaderships in the third tier of government. 

Meanwhile,  the Police Commissioner, Ekiti Command, Mr. Tunde Mobayo, warned trouble makers to steer clear of the elections. 

Aladejana spoke yesterday in Ado Ekiti while interacting with leaders of political parties under the umbrella of the Inter- party Advisory Council (IPAC), on the SIEC’s preparedness for the coming elections.