By DAYO JOHNSON

AKURE — THE Independent National Electoral Commission yesterday asked the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 20th elections in Ondo State, Chief Olusola Oke, to stop making baseless allegation in the media.

A statement by its Director of Legal Services in Ondo State, Mr. Oluwole Uzzi said “rather than casting aspersions against the Commission in the media, Oke, being a legal practitioner, should seek redress in a court of law.

It will be recalled that Oke, had in a statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Mr. Kunle Adebayo accused INEC, the Police, Department of State Service, Army and other security agencies, of rigging the poll in favour of the Labour Party.

But the Commission in its official reaction wondered why Oke failed to express his opinion “in a responsible, civil, and decorous manner, bereft of provocative and uncouth language, outright falsehood and wild, fanciful but unfounded assertions.”

It alleged that Oke, in his “vain and fruitless attempt to denigrate, discredit and belittle the nation’s progress and achievements in its path to free, fair and credible elections and a robust, enduring democracy, cast wild, baseless allegations against INEC without particulars.”

The Commission, however, said it was generally satisfied with the conduct of the election, the result of which it added, had been accepted and adjudged as credible and reflecting the wishes of the people of the state, by the electorate, the media and observers among others.

“No amount of blackmail or lies can discredit this,”  the Commission, says with a tone of finality.