Mimiko Reacts To National Assembly Poll Postponement

Few minutes after the postponement of the National Assembly poll was announced by the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, the Ondo State Governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko strongly expressed disappointment over the cancellation, saying that “the situation was an embarrassing development”.

Mimiko was speaking with newsmen in Ondo town while waiting to cast his vote after he and his wife, Olukemi, had been accredited at Open Space, opposite Under Mango Tree polling unit in Lodasa Ward 7 in Ondo West local government area.

According to the governor, “it is a very embarrassing development, it is very depressing, but what can we do? The Chairman of INEC himself has announced that it has been postponed till Monday. We believe that there won’t be any story to tell on Monday. It is very depressing, very unfortunate.

” A lot of activities and resources have been put into it. We will wait till Monday. There is nothing anybody can do about that.”

Specifically, Governor Mimiko advised INEC to avoid disappointing Nigerians again, while  urging the electoral umpire not to repeat this disappointing outing during the April 4, 2011.

His words, “INEC should go back to the drawing board and ensure that there won’t be any excuse on Monday. It is very depressing, you can see the turn out of the people all over the state. Since it has been postponed,  INEC must put its acts together for the sake of this country.”