Mr Odefa is the elder brother of the current PDP national vice-chairman, South-East zone, Ali Odefa.
“We don’t want to be put under additional pressure of cameras beaming in our faces,” INEC said.
Mr Okeke said there was a need for the Supreme Court to give its verdict before swearing in anybody as the next president of Nigeria.
Mr Obi has defeated established candidates like Bola Tinubu and Atiku Abubakar in the two Bloomberg polls conducted so far.
Mr Oyewole announced his defection to PDP on Friday in Ibadan
Mr Yakasai made the declaration at a media dialogue organised by the state correspondent chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) on Wednesday.
