Ahead of the November 16 off-cycle governorship election in Ondo State, candidates of the 17 political parties participating in the poll have signed a peace accord committing themselves to a peaceful electoral process.
All the candidates and the state chairmen of their parties signed the accord organised by the National Peace Committee in Akure, the state capital.
Candidates that signed the accord include Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa (APC), Agboola Ajayi (PDP), Gbenga Edema (NNPP), Bamidele Akingboye (SDP), Sola Ebiseni (LP), and Abass Mimiko (ZLP), among others.
While appealing to the candidates and political parties to uphold democratic tenets and kick against any form of vote trading, the chairman of the National Peace Committee, General
Abdulsalam Abubakar, stressed the need to maintain the prevailing peaceful atmosphere in the country.
The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, who expressed optimism on the continued peace, assured of improved logistics on election day, adding that no security incidents had been reported in the state
