The United States Government has said it expects nothing less than
credible and fair exercise in the July 14 governorship election in Ekiti
State.
This was stated in Ado-Ekiti by the Political/Economic Chief, United
States Consulate, Mr. Osman Tat, during a courtesy visit to Governor
Ayodele Fayose, on Wednesday, in Ado Ekiti.
Tat stated that the interest of U.S was to ensure that a free and
fair election is being conducted in order to set a higher standard in
organisation of election in the country.
In a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr Idowu
Adelusi, on Thursday, the envoy was quoted as saying, “We are here for
the monitoring of events leading to the conduct of the governorship
election in the state.
“We are here to see the governor, to assess the situation of things
and to dialogue with him on preparations for the election. America is
interested in the election.
“We are to monitor purposely to ensure free, fair, transparent
election. We are to ensure that there is no violence or intimidation of
voters during the election.
” To ensure that the election is credible. Ekiti is controlled by the
opposition party and that is why the US is interested in the election,”
Tat said.
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