Following the gross inadequacies and fracas that marred the election of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Ondo state Council, the union Electoral Committee, (NUJECO) led by Prince Akeem Momoh has declared the election inconclusive.

Members were therefore told to await further directive from the national body of the union on a new date for the conduct of a fresh election.

As at the time of filing this report , there was no interim committee appointed to manage the affairs of the union pending the time new executives will be elected.

The election which was slated to commence by 10am, was however delayed till around 12pm due to the issue raised by some members that names of non-members were injected in the voters’ list in order to favour a particular candidate.

Pandemonium however broke out when Local government chapel of the union was invited for verification before voting, and the list of voters presented from the chapel was questioned, which led to serious fracas that disrupted the election.

After engaging in hours of rowdy session, the NUJECO declared the election paused till further notice.

It would be recall that an industrial court of Justice sitting in Akure sometime in October declared the executives of the union, led by Mr James Sowole as illegal, and ordered that a fresh election be conducted within 30days of the judgment which elapsed today (Wednesday, 14th 2018).

One of the Chairmanship Candidates, Mr. Tony Adetoye had dragged the Sowole-led exco and the then electoral committee to court for being screened out unlawfully in the election which later returned Sowole as an unopposed Chairman in October 2017.