INEC omission: Stop blame game, face your failure – Ogun APC tells Adebutu, PDP
The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has called on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Hon. Ladi Adebutu, to face their failure and stop the blame game on the party, following the…
The row centres on the Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) list of candidates for an election in Ogun State, from which the PDP's candidate, Ladi Adebutu, was reportedly omitted. INEC is constitutionally empowered to compile and publish the official register of candidates ahead of polls, and any discrepancy in such lists often becomes a flashpoint between contending parties, since it can affect a candidate's legal standing to contest or be declared winner. Disputes over candidate lists have previously ended up before election tribunals in Nigeria, making this kind of disagreement politically sensitive beyond Ogun State.
The coverage agrees that Ogun APC has publicly rejected PDP's claim that ruling-party pressure caused INEC to leave Adebutu off the list, framing the omission instead as a failure attributable to the PDP and its candidate. What remains unclear from the reports is INEC's own explanation for the omission, whether any formal complaint or legal action has been filed, and how the development might affect the outcome or legitimacy of the election in question.