The Stage Is Set As Ondo Chooses New Helmsman

As Ondo State holds its governorship elections
today, allegations have risen from many corners of planned violence, rigging and
electoral malpractices by those contesting for the office of the Ondo
State governorship seat and the police have subsequently responded by
deploying over 11,000 policemen
to forestall a breakdown of law and
order during the election period which is going to take place
simultaneously across all 18 council areas of the state. The Police
headquarters in Abuja
has also deployed high ranking police officers to monitor and ensure
that the election process is not disrupted by hoodlums in any way. On
the other hand, men of the Nigerian Army deployed to ensure a peaceful
election have been authorised to shoot anyone that tries to disrupt
the elections. Meanwhile, INEC has already begun the distribution of
less sensitive election materials while the more sensitive ones are to
be distributed today in a bid to prevent late arrival of the more
sensitive ones to all council today. The Chairman of
INEC, Prof Attahiru Jega previously said during a visit to the state that all
the votes cast in today's election
will count and that the results will
be announced within 12 hours. He further stated that the Ondo State
elections will be an
improvement on the election that took place in Edo
State. The three major
political parties in this election- the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), Labour
Party (LP) and the Action Congress
of Nigeria (ACN), are very optimistic of winning the election while
the other ten parties are not serious
about the election as they neither
have posters or offices. They equally expressed
satisfaction in the preparation of
INEC to conduct a free and fair
election and assured that the
election will be peaceful and fair. A total of 1,546,081 voters are
expected to participate in this highly monitored electoral process.
Now I will like readers to answer this questions:
Who do you think will win this election and will this election be
violence free, rigging free, and bloodless considering the order given
to the Army men?.