*says list product of calendar of defined process
By; BAYO AKAMO, Ibadan
Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) governorship hopeful, in Osun State, Omoba Dotun Babayemi on Wednesday, said he is not disturbed by the list released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the state’s July 16 gubernatorial polls.
Omoba Babayemi while reacting to the INEC list of governorship candidates for the July 16 polls in Osun State through a statement issued by his media office, noted that he has unshakable faith in the ongoing legal process on the PDP governorship candidate
The PDP governorship hopeful assured that the will of the people would prevail and he would be vindicated at the end of the day.,
According to Omoba Babayemi, the list released by INEC was a product of a calendar of a defined process which could not be termed final, and that by INEC’s timetable,”16th June,2022, is the last day for publication of the final list of nominated candidates by the Commission”
“There’s nothing final about the list and I’m sure that somebody somewhere knows that.It’s only the uninformed that can think it’s the end of the process,because it’s on INEC’s timetable; the list published is just the submission by various parties.”, he said.
Omoba Babayemi added, ” fortunately, there’s a window of opportunity provided by the new Electoral Act and that’s what we are exploring because we believe in the rule of law. Everything you are seeing are tailor-made processes which are amenable to changes when the need arises on account of judicial pronouncements”.
The PDP governorship hopeful assured the people of Osun that he would triumph at the court,noting that INEC as an agency of government,respects the rule of law and would act accordingly when the court makes it pronouncements on the issues at hand.
Omoba Babayemi then appealed to the people of the state, especially PDP members to remain calm and not to take laws into their hands; assuring, “The case of Osun PDP is sub judice and not final. “
