Nigeria, Jan. 12 -- A group, Ekiti Liberation Agenda (ELA), has accused the Ekiti State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) of masterminding the alleged removal of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the state, Wole Oluyede, from INEC's official list of candidates.

INEC had recently displayed the list of governorship candidates from all political parties and their particulars at its office in Ado Ekiti, the state capital, ahead of the June 20 election. Mr Oluyede's name was missing on the list.

Omotunde Fajuyi, who spoke on behalf of the group in Ado Ekiti on Monday, claimed that the omission of the PDP candidate from the INEC list was not accidental but a deliberate act.

She alleged that the APC had...