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Kimpa Development Initiative( KDI) has raised security concerns in four local government areas of Ondo State as the the prepares for its governorship election on Saturday.
The Executive Director of KDI, Mr Bukola Idowu, stated this during a pre-election news conference on Friday in Akure.
The local government areas are: Akoko South-East, Ile-Oluji/Oke-Igbo, Ilaje and Êse-Odo, Idanre local government areas of the state.
“These are potential flashpoints that we think security agencies need to look into and have adequate deployment.
“And most especially, either processes must be intact and must be adequate and must be top-notch in those areas,”!l he said.
He commended the Independent National Electoral Commission ( INEC) for doing well so far in the preparation for the election.
“ We are watching to see how that preparation will translate to the actual execution on election day.
“ And then we are looking at that in like about four major areas,”’he said.
According to him, security agencies should look at the post election situation.
“ We don’t expect any issue around violence, but we expect that post-election issue should be handled differently and professionally.
“And which we are saying now that the security agencies and all stakeholders need to find a means of handling it well,” he said.
He said that punitive measures should be put in place in addressing vote trading, stating that voter education in the menace seemed to have not yielded meaningful results