ABEOKUTA—Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, CNPP,  Ogun State Chapter, weekend, urged the electorate in the state to come out en-mass and exercise their voting rights in the July 21, local government election in the state.

Eight of the 14 political parties fielding candidates in the election urged their members to conduct themselves peacefully during the poll, while also calling on the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission, OGSIEC, to ensure a free and fair election and the contestants to avoid violence during electioneering.

In a statement after a pre-election briefing in Abeokuta,  jointly signed by Ogun CNPP Chairman, Otunba Owolabi Odebudo, General Secretary, Biola Lawal and BOT Chairman, Are Shola Coker, the party appealed to party agents representing the parties at the polling booths to conduct themselves in a peaceful manner, while also urging OGSIEC to ensure all contesting parties were fairly treated without any favouritism.

Representatives of the eight contesting political parties at the briefing included Mr. Sola Coker, Chairman, Community Party of Nigeria, CPN; Prince Segun Odediran, Chairman, Peoples Progressive Party, PPP, and Adebanjo Adeniyi, Chairman, Republican Party of Nigeria, RPN.