By Dayo Johnson
FORMER Attorney General and Justice Commissioner in Ondo State, Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, yesterday said no amount of intimidation, blackmail or undue interference with the administration of justice will stop him from contesting the governorship election

MR Eyitayo Jegede, SAN, is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP in the governorship election in Ondo state

In a statement titled: “The Will of God and The Desire of the People Cannot be Subverted,” which he personally signed , Jegede said the recent event is an evidence that some anti-democratic elements are poised to subvert his mandate.

His words: “We are not unaware of the fact that the anti-democratic elements and their allies in the system have mapped out series of surreptitious tactics to subvert our mandate, and interfere with the course of administration of justice, with the latest of such being a baseless petition against the Justices of the Special Panel set up by the President of the Court of Appeal, to blackmail them to washing off their hands from the case before them.

“No matter the act of blackmail, intimidation and undue interference from any quarters, as a senior member of the legal profession, I have absolute confidence in the judiciary as the last hope and bastion of our democratic process. I am confident this struggle will soon set precedence in the nation’s democratic annals. We will triumph.’’