The Inter-Party Advisory Council in Ekiti State has announced a plan to challenge in court the purported plan of the state government to deploy state-owned security outfits for election duty on June 20.
The IPAC State Chairman, Phillip Adeniji, said the council had resolved to seek a court injunction to avert a situation where the unexpected would happen.
Adeniji said in a chat with The PUNCH in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday that: “As it stands, we have concluded plans to sue the state government and the Independent National Electoral Commission because we have information on the likelihood of an attempt to use personnel of state-owned security outfits such as Amotekun, anti-grazing units and the traffic management agency for election duty.
“We want to obtain a court injunction to ensure that unconventional security outfits do not participate in the election so that members of the public will not be harassed or coerced during the election.”
According to him, to that effect, IPAC lawyers had on June 3 written a letter titled, ‘Notice of intention to challenge the proposed inclusion of Ekiti State-owned security agencies in conduct of forthcoming 2026 Ekiti State governorship election on June 20’ to the necessary parties. Related News Yiaga Africa to deploy 272 election observers Ekiti 2026: APC targets 500,000 votes, downplays opposition PDP’s candidate Oluyede confident of victory
