According to Makinde, while addressing journalists over the development, he expressed doubt over the neutrality of INEC to conduct the poll.
But Okoye said, “The commission has the sole responsibility of appointing collation officers for the various levels of collation.
“It will also appoint a returning officer for the governorship election. The commission never has and will never share the responsibility of appointing collation and returning officers with individuals, groups or political parties.
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“All the collation officers must subscribe to the oath of neutrality and must exhibit the highest standards of professionalism and ethical conduct.
“At the end of the election on Saturday, there’ll be a returning officer for the governorship election.
“The collation at the state level will be beamed live in the major networks, and the agents of the political parties will be present.”
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