The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Oyo State, says it recognises only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) State Congress conducted on Saturday at the Lekan Salami 5 Complex, Adamasingba in Ibadan.
The state Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Mr Mutiu Agboke, made this known in an interview with NAN, on Sunday in Ibadan.
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Agboke spoke when he led the management team of the commission on an advocacy visit to Abere Central Mosque, Agbowo, Ibadan.
It would be recalled that two parallel PDP State Congresses were held on Saturday in Ibadan where two separate executives of the party emerged.
The faction of the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, held its congress at the main bowl of the Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba.
Similarly, the aggrieved PDP members led by former Majority Leader, House of Representatives, Mrs Mulikat Adeola-Akande and Chief Bisi Olopoeniyan, held their separate congress at Jogor Centre, Liberty Road, off Ring Road, Ibadan.
The two factions had claimed the presence of INEC officials at their respective congress venues.
Agboke said the claim that INEC officers were present at the other venue apart from the Adamasingba was an unfounded insinuation, “because the person must have insinuated it that INEC attended two venues”.
According to him, INEC does not, or will never interact or relate with a group, in other words, INEC does not know group, INEC knows political party.
“Therefore, the venue given to the commission by the PDP, as a political party, was Lekan Salami Sports Complex, Adamasingba, which of course, INEC staff attended.
“The representative of the commission from Abuja, the HOD Election and Party Monitoring, and two other staff were at the Adamasingba. So, the claim that INEC attended any other congress is untrue..
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