By DAYO JOHNSON

AKURE — THE governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP in the last election in Ondo State Chief Olusola Oke has written a letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, requesting for the Certified True Copies of documents necessary to prosecute his case in the Election Petition Tribunal..

The letter entitled ‘Request for Production of Relevant Documents’ written by the firm of Chief Olajide Ajana & Co was addressed to the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Mr. Akin Orebiyi and signed by Chief Olajide Ajana.

Chief Ajana said the PDP had instructed the firm to present before the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal a petition questioning the election and return of Mimiko as the declared winner of the said election.

The documents requested for according to the letter include list of presiding officers, list of assistant presiding officers, poll clerks, list of ward returning officers, list of local government returning officers and full details of the State Returning Officers.

Also, the firm is requesting the electoral commission to make available to it all voters’ registers (manual and printed copies) used in the 2011 Presidential, National Assembly and State Assembly elections, all registers of voters (manual and printed copies) used in all the units for the conduct of the October 20, 2012 governorship election in the state.

It is equally asking INEC to make available to it Form EC25 and EC40C, various protest letters submitted by the PDP or its client’s campaign organisation before, during and after the election just as the firm requested for INEC Form EC8D for the governorship election of Ondo State.

The letter wants the electoral commission to release to it Forms EC.8C for 16 local government areas in Ondo State namely.

Also requested for include Forms EC.8B for all the wards in the 16 local governments listed in addition to Forms EC.8A for all the polling units in the 16 local governments listed, INEC Form EC.8E, the list of party agents submitted by all respective political parties that participated in the governorship election, the INEC manual, 2011 and list of accredited observers.