17 parties to participate in Ondo governorship election — INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says 17 political parties have uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the Nov. 16 Governorship Election in Ondo State.

The commission announced this in Abuja on Thursday in a statement by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Sam Olumekun.

The commission said that the personal particulars of the governorship candidates and their running mates would be published on May 25 in line with Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act 2022.

INEC said it would publish the personal particulars by displaying copies of Form EC9 along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate.

This would be published at INEC state headquarters in Akure and the 18 Local Government Area offices across the state, and appealed to Nigerians to scrutinise the documents.

“Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by a candidate or running mate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022,’’ the commission stated.