Edo State 2024 Election

3Oct By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo poll: APC knocks PDP over protest at INEC office

Leaders and members of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo State, on Wednesday, marched to the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benin to protest against the outcome of the September 21 governorship election in the state. INEC declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Senator Monday Okpebholo, winner of the election. The electoral body said Okpebholo polled 291,667 to defeat the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who polled 247,274 votes. But the PDP has since rejected the poll results, which it alleged were manipulated. On Wednesday, PDP members and leaders took to the streets of Benin bearing banners with inscriptions such as “INEC sack Edo REC”; “INEC give us our mandate,” among others. Some of them were heard chanting:“Oshiomhole, T...

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22Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

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BREAKING : APC’s Okpebholo wins Edo governorship election {FULL RESULT}

Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has emerged victorious in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday. According to the results from 18 local government areas (LGAs) announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday, Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes. His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), garnered 247,655 votes. Neighbor recounts how woman abused 12 years old niece, burnt her with hot knife and forced..... With this result, Okpebholo is well-positioned to be declared the official winner of the electio Meanwhile, the PDP in Edo has appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to review the results collated for the governorship elect...

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22Sep By snowmediatv1 Comment

Edo State 2024 Election, News

BREAKING : Ighodalo, Okpebholo in Led race as INEC uploads results from IGUEBEN/OWAN EAST/ESAN SOUTH EAST/ESAN NORTH EAST  Local Govt

The candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and his All Progressives Congress counterpart, Senator Monday Okpebholo, are in a tight race as the Independent National Electoral Commission uploads the results of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. As of the time of filing this report, INEC had uploaded 97 per cent of election results onto the Results Viewing portal. Despite early morning rains, which delayed the arrival of materials at the polling units, the election witnessed a large turnout of voters across the state. A preliminary analysis of election results so far uploaded on the IReV indicated that the APC candidate is leading in the Edo North Senatorial District, while the PDP candidate leads in the Edo South Senatorial District. H...

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21Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

SNOW TV : Live Updates, Edo governorship election {PHOTOS/VIDEOS}

Eligible residents and citizens of Edo State are out today to elect the man/woman to govern the affairs of the South-south State for the next four years.  that Edo State residents will vote to replace Governor Godwin Obaseki. The major candidates in today’s gubernatorial election are: Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Monday Okpebholo and; Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata. The 18 Local Government Areas In Edo State includes: Akoko-Edo, Egor, Esan Central, Esan North-East, Esan South-East, Esan West, Etsako Central, Etsako East, Etsako West, Igueben, Ikpoba-Okha, Oredo, Orhionmwon, Ovia North-East, Ovia South-West, Owan East, Owan West, Uhunmwonde. Distribution of materials commences at Ogbe Registration Area Centre in ...

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21Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Police arrest two political thugs ahead of governorship election in Edo, recover firearms

The Nigeria Police Force has announced the arrest of two political thugs during an overnight raid at multiple locations across Edo State.  This was revealed in a press statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, on Saturday, September 21.  According to Adejobi, the police recovered three cut-to-size locally fabricated pistols and one locally made gun from the suspects. The operation, part of the force's efforts to curb political violence in the state, highlights the ongoing security measures being enforced as elections approach. He said;  “The Nigeria Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curb electoral violence in Edo State with the arrest of two political thugs, namely: Edwin Obanor, 43-year-old and Audu ...

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21Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo poll: Ighodalo, Okpebholo, Akpata battle for 2.2 million votes today

Police arrest armed political thugs The police say its operatives have apprehended political thugs and seized firearms during overnight operations in Edo State where the governorship election will be holding today, Saturday. The police also pledged to tackle illegal weapons holders and disruptors of the electoral process in the state. Prince Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, made this known in a statement on Friday night, displaying some of the recovered firearms. He gave the names of the arrested alleged political thugs as 43-year-old Edwin Obanor, and Audu Tajudeen, a 41-year-old PDP member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko, Edo “The Nigeria Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curb electoral violence in Edo State with the ar...

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20Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Election: ‘Vote For The Future Our Children Deserve’ – Akpata Woos Voters {VIDEO}

The Edo State Labour Party governorship candidate, Olumide Akpata, has told the state voters to vote for him in Saturday’s election. Olumide Akpata said Saturday’s governorship election is an opportunity for Edo citizens to vote for the state of their dreams and the future their children deserve. In a statement, on Thursday, the former president of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Akpata said he would develop the state across all sectors if elected. It read: “As the sun sets on this eve of our crucial election, and as campaigns end by midnight today, I write to you with a heart full of gratitude and hope. In the next 48 hours, on Saturday, 21 September 2024, we stand at the threshold of a new dawn for our beloved Edo State. “First and foremost, I want to express my profound grati...

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19Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

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BREAKING : Edo Govt Declares Public Holiday Ahead 2024 Election

The Edo State Government has declared Friday, September 20, a work-free day in the State to enable workers and other electorates travel to their voting areas ahead of the September 21 governorship election in the State. According Joseph Eboigbe, Secretary to the Edo State Government reassured that security measures have been provided to ensure a free, fair, and credible election. The statement reads, “It is hereby announced for the information of the general public that the Edo State Government has declared Friday, September 20, a work-free day in Edo State. “This is to enable workers and other electorates travel to their voting areas ahead of the September 21 governorship election in the State.” He added, “Government wishes everyone journey mercies and reassures that secu...

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19Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Ahead Edo guber : Ighodalo, Akpata, Okpebholo in fierce battle to succeed Obaseki

Edo State governorship election is approaching its final stages, with the three major candidates in the race striving to secure enough votes to emerge victorious. In this analysis, DAILY POST reviews the chances of the candidates ahead of Saturday’s election. Although INEC listed 17 candidates for Saturday’s election, the contest has taken the form of a three-horse race, with Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party, and Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, leading the charge. Apart from these three candidates and others who will appear on the ballot on Saturday, several key figures have significant stakes in the race. Former Governor Adams Oshiomhole and incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki are engaged in an...

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18Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo 2024 : Meet Labour Party’s Governorship Candidate, Olumide Akpata {VIDEO}

Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, born on October 7, 1970, in Edo State, Nigeria, is a distinguished legal practitioner with over three decades of experience in corporate and commercial law. His rise to prominence as a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and his involvement in high-profile legal matters have earned him widespread recognition both in Nigeria and internationally. Early Life and Education Olumide was born into a family that valued education and hard work. His mother, Mrs. Patience Oluwafunmilayo Akpata (née Obasahon), was a respected businesswoman, while his father, Mr. Akpata, a medical doctor, initially hoped his son would pursue medicine. However, Olumide chose a different path, opting for law after initially considering business administra...

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17Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : You will be victims if Ighodalo does not win – Obaseki to civil servants

The outgoing Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has warned that the civil servants would be the first victim if his candidate, Asue Ighodalo does not win the next Saturday Governorship election in the State. DAILY POST reports that Governor Obaseki gave the warning at a thank-you meeting with the public servants at the Sir Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub in Benin City. Obaseki, however, opined that the only thank-you the civil servants could give him was to come out en masse on Saturday and vote for Asue Ighodalo as the governor of the state. According to him, I came to appreciate and thank you from the bottom of my heart. I wouldn’t have achieved what we achieved without you. “Those who want to take over power by all means are uneducated and have never worked in any better place...

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17Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Election: We Will Sign Peace Accord – Gov Obaseki {VIDEO}

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the party’s governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, would sign the Peace Accord. Governor Obaseki stated this in a statement on Tuesday. He explained that the decision was reached by the caucus of the party after a closed-door meeting. the state’s PDP chairman, Anthony Aziegbemi and Obaseki withdrew their threat to boycott Saturday’s governorship election. They added that they were convinced by the new commitment of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun. On his X handle, on Tuesday, Obaseki disclosed, “Arising from a closed-door meeting of the caucus of our great party, the PDP in Edo State, we wish to thank the Police IG...

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15Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Presidency Denies Plan To Rig Edo Governorship Election

The Presidency has vehemently rejected allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) of attempting to manipulate the upcoming Edo State governorship election in favor of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement released on Saturday, Dr. Anthony Aziegbemi, PDP Chairman in Edo State, accused the Presidency of orchestrating a scheme to use state resources to support Senator Monday Okpebholo and the APC. The PDP alleged that the National Security Adviser (NSA), in collaboration with the Department of State Services (DSS) and other security agencies, was tasked with executing this plan. However, Temitope Ajayi, Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, dismissed these claims as unfounded and baseless. Ajayi emphasized President Bola Tinubu’s de...

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13Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo Poll : I Will Not Support Obaseki, PDP Gov Candidate – Wike

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, ahead of the September 21 Edo State governorship election, has said he wouldn’t support Governor Godwin Obaseki. Wike stated this on Friday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He also pledged not to support the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who has the support of the outgoing Edo State Governor. The FCT Minister also described the governor as an ingrate. He revealed that Governor Obaseki, approached him to seek support for his preferred successor, Ighodalo, but he told him to his face he would not because his support for Obaseki in the past earned him nothing but unending insults. While admitting that the Edo State Resident Electoral Commissioner...

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13Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

SAD : Five Die In Edo APC Governorship Candidate’s Campaign Vehicle Accident

A campaign bus reportedly owned by the Edo State gubernatorial candidate for the All Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Okpebholo, has been involved in an accident. Reports obtained by Naija News on Friday revealed that the bus and another private car collided near the Warrake-Afuze road in the Owan East Local Government Area of Edo State. Five individuals reportedly died in the tragic incident. It was revealed that the deceased were on their way back from a funeral when they were involved in the fatal accident. Among the victims identified was Emmanuel Edionwe. The remains of four individuals were taken to the Edo State University, Uzaurie Mortuary in Etsako West Local Government Area for burial. According to Daily Post, sources revealed that the campaign bus collided w...

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12Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Election: APC’s Monday Okpebholo Signs Peace Accord

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Edo State governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo has penned his signature in the Peace Accord. the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo was absent during the official signing on Thursday. Speaking after 16 other party chairmen and candidates had signed without Okpebholo and Ighodalo, the Chairman of the National Peace Committee, former Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar, said the PDP refused to sign the Peace Accord until its conditions and issues concerning transparency of the election are addressed. On its X handle, Thursday afternoon, APC announced that its candidate has signed the Peace Accord. “Our candidate, Senator Monday Okpebho, has officially signed the peace accord...

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12Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo election : Be vigilant, Oshiomhole never wins without rigging – Sam Amadi alleges

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Director of the Abuja School of Social and Political Thoughts, Sam Amadi has urged Governor Godwin Obaseki to never close his eyes. Amadi alleged that the former governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole can’t win without rigging. Oshiomhole is strongly routing for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo. In a post on his X handle on Thursday, Amadi said the people of the state should slowly watch the Nigeria police, alleging that they were the problem. He said: “In Edo election, the focus should not be much on @inecnigeria. In off season elections, INEC comes out well. “The security, especially @PoliceNG is the problem. Watch them slowly. “@GovernorObaseki should never close his eyes. A...

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12Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

IGP Issues Fresh Order Ahead Of Edo Governorship Election

The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has declared a ban on the Edo State Security Network (ESSN) from engaging in the forthcoming governorship election.  Recall that all eligible electorates are expected to troop out en mass on September 21 to exercise their civic rights by electing another leader to take on the affairs of the state. During a stakeholders’ meeting convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin on Wednesday, the IGP asserted that the duty of ensuring the safety of voters and election materials will be exclusively assigned to the police, with assistance from other national security agencies. Egbetokun underscored that neither private nor state-affiliated security organizations could function during and after the electio...

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10Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : Court fixes Sept 19 to hear APC suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday fixed September 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress, APC, seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in the suit reached an agreement for the adjournment to allow PDP’s counsel, Oyetola Atoyebi, SAN, respond to the plaintiff’s amended originating summons. The APC, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2024, had sued INEC, Ighodalo and PDP as 1st to 3rd defendants, respectively. In the application filed by Prof J.O. Odion, the APC sought an order of mandatory injunction directing INEC to immediately remove from its onl...

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6Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo Poll: INEC counts votes, not prayers, ex-PFN president tells Christians

A former national president of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Reverend Felix Omobude, on Thursday, urged the people of Edo State, particularly Christians, to vote in the upcoming election, emphasising that the Independent National Electoral Commission tallies votes, not prayers. He encouraged the electorate to use their Permanent Voter’s Cards to actively participate in the democratic process and elect the leader of their choice in the September 21 governorship election. Omobude called on the people of Edo to vote for a credible candidate, highlighting that democracy provides the opportunity for citizens to choose their leaders and that such an opportunity is now at their doorstep. He urged them to demonstrate to the world that the people of Edo are knowledgeable and polit...

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3Sep By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo guber: CSOs charge police on neutrality

Civil Society Organizations, CSOs, under the auspices of the Network of Civil Society Organizations in Nigeria have criticised the Nigeria Police Force’s alleged partisanship in Edo State, seeking neutrality ahead of the September 21 governorship polls. They accused the police of arbitrarily arresting and detaining members of the Edo State Security Corps. While speaking with newsmen on Monday in Abuja, the National Coordinator, Comrade Victor Kalu and the National Secretary of the Network, Ali Abacha, urged the Inspector General of Police to ensure the immediate release of Amos Tom Uduhagene, Kingsley Osahon, and two others, who are staunch members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. There were concerns over the police’s perceived bias, citing reports of planned arrests of promi...

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31Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

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Edo polls: PDP groups plan free transportation for FCT voters

Two groups, the Ambassador Peter Orobor Foundation in conjunction with Asue/Ogie Support Group Abuja, have offered to transport eligible voters in the  Federal Capital Territory to  Edo to cast their votes during the September 12 governorship election. President of POF, Dr Peter Orobor, said this at the Abuja Mega Rally organised by the two groups to galvanise support for the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party in Edo on Friday in Abuja. Orobor said that his team had already compiled data on the voters in Abuja, adding that more than 5,000 of them have indicated interest to go and vote for  Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate. This, he said, was due to the manifesto of Ighodalo which has revealed the developmental plans the Edo people stood to benefit if he...

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29Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, Opinion

Edo poll : INEC fixes dates for signing of peace accord, BVAS test-run

Ahead of the Edo State governorship election, the Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that the signing of the peace accord will be held on September 12, 2024, in Benin City. The INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who announced this during a meeting with political parties held in Abuja on Thursday, provided crucial updates on preparations for the election. The agency also said Mock Accreditation exercise will take place on September 10 to test BVAS deployment and result uploads. The signing of the peace accord organised in collaboration with the National Peace Committee aims to ensure a peaceful and credible electoral process. “After consultation with the National Peace Committee under the leadership of our respected former Head of State, General Abdulsalam...

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28Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo guber : PVCs will not be collected by proxy — INEC says

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated that Permanent Voter Cards will not be released to third parties ahead of the gubernatorial election in Edo State. The disclosure was made by INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun in a statement on Tuesday. Olumekun announced that new applicants will be given their PVCs across Edo State local government areas on Wednesday, August 28. According to him, the distribution of PVCs at the ward level had been concluded, with 125,928 collected within five days. “As earlier announced by the commission, Permanent Voter Cards from the recent Continuous Voter Registration in Edo State would be available for collection at two levels. First, across all the 192 wards fr...

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26Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

BREAKING : Edo gube, Appeal Court upholds Asue Ighodalo’s candidacy

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court I in Abuja, which ordered the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to allow the participation of 381 ad-hoc delegates in the February 22, 2024, primary election. The already-conducted primary election had produced Asue Ighodalo as the party’s candidate for the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State. A three-member panel of the appellate court on Monday set aside the judgment of Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo delivered on July 4, on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction to entertain the suit of the aggrieved delegates in the first place. Besides, the Court of Appeal held that those who instituted the suit lacked the necessary legal standing to do so. The appellate court ruled that the ...

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26Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo guber : Reject incompetent candidate — PDP appeals to voters

As the Edo State governorship election slated for September 21, 2024, draws nearer, the Asue-Ogie Campaign Management Council on Sunday called on the people of the state not to mortgage their future by voting for an incompetent candidate. The council made the call at a press conference in Benin City. The deputy director-general of the council in charge of media, Olu Martins, who briefed journalists, reacted to a statement credited to Senator Adams Oshiomhole, who alleged that a woman was caught with packs of Permanent Voter Cards, PVC, in Ovia Federal Constituency. He also alleged that Oshiomhole, who raised the alarm at an APC governorship rally, challenged Governor Godwin Obaseki and the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, to bury any thought of rigging the election. While appealin...

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23Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : INEC restates media role in credible elections

The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, IVEC, Sam Olumekun, has urged the media to continuously shape democracy and uphold electoral integrity. Olumekun made the call at an engagement with journalists on Friday in Benin. He said the engagement was to ensure a peaceful and credible electoral process in the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo. According to Olumekun, who was represented by Chief Press Secretary, Mr Rotimi Oyekanmi, the media’s role in shaping Nigeria’s democracy, particularly during elections, is crucial. Olumekun highlighted the media’s responsibilities, which included educating voters, facilitating informed choices, and ensuring transparency and accountability in the electoral process. He also stressed the im...

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23Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : NRM candidate, Aikorogie defects to APC

Less than a month after the conduct of the governorship election in Edo State, the candidate of the National Rescue Movement, NRM, Dr Dennis Osahon Aikorogie has withdrawn from the race and joined the All Progressives Congress, APC. Aikorogie announced his withdrawal from the governorship race and subsequent defection to APC on Friday at a rally organized by the latter at the Textile Mill road in Benin City. Aikorogie hinged his defection to APC on his decision to put the state on the path of progress. “I am here today to lend my support for the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa. “| am coming with my teeming supporters, my members and my party faithful to come and lend our support for the candidacy of Monda...

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18Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

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Edo Guber : PDP raises alarm over alleged arrest of chieftains by Police

Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, has raised the alarm over alleged illegal arrest of members of the party by personnel of the Nigeria Police. Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, Director- General Asue/ Ogie Campaign Management Council, raised the alarm at a press conference on Sunday in Benin City. Iduoriyekemwen alleged that some members of the party have been arrested while others are on the wanted list. He listed some of the arrested chieftains of the party to include Mr Amos Tom and Kingsley Osahon, the Councillor representing Ward 10 in Esan North East Local Government Area. He also alleged that the whereabouts of several other members of the PDP are currently unknown. “We are also aware that ...

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13Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : Okpebholo advises Ighodalo to withdraw from race over Obaseki’s failure

Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 21, governorship election in Edo State has advised the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Asue Ighodalo to withdraw from the race due to his alleged failure as the Economic Adviser to Godwin Obaseki. DAILY POST reports that Okpebholo, who is currently representing Edo Central senatorial district at the National Assembly, alleged that Asue Ighodalo’s roles as an economic adviser plunged the state into huge debt. The APC governorship candidate gave the advice on Tuesday during a meeting with the Edo State chapter of All Farmers Association of Nigeria, AFAN in Benin City. According to him, a sad story of the outgoing government is that the man who had failed Edo state was bri...

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12Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber: NDDC denies funding APC campaign

The Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, says that it did not divert funds to support the All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate in Edo State. NDDC Director of Corporate Affairs, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama told newsmen in Port Harcourt on Monday that the claims are fabrications by mischief makers. “NDDC is aware of online reports claiming it is diverting contractors’ funds to finance APC’s campaign in Edo. “We are constrained to respond to this false story on imaginary diversion of NDDC funds originating from an undisclosed source,” she said. Thompson-Wakama explained that NDDC does not finance political parties or candidates at any level of government. She said the agency is solely focused on accelerating development in the Niger Delta. “The NDDC board...

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7Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Ighodalo not disqualified from Edo poll – Campaign director

The Deputy Director-General of the Asue Ogie Campaign Management, Rev. Olu Martins, has described as fake the news making the rounds that the Peoples Democratic Party’s governorship candidate for the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, has been disqualified from contesting the election. Martin described Ighodalo’s purported disqualification by the Court of Appeal as “a concocted story, fake, imaginary, diabolical and satanic creation of the warped minds of the opposition.” In a statement made available to newsmen in Benin, the campaign leader said, “Contrary to the fake news being peddled by merchants of lies and propaganda, no Appeal Court ruling has disqualified Dr. Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the PDP in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. “...

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1Aug By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Ahead Edo 2024, APC Gives Akpabio, Oshiomhole, Sanwo-Olu, Shaibu, Others Fresh Appointments [Full List]

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has unveiled a 197-man campaign council ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State. The list was released on Wednesday by the APC National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu.T The council, chaired by Cross River State Governor Bassey Otu, aims to lead the party’s campaign efforts. Other notable members of the council include Katsina State Governor Dikko Radda as co-chairman, former Edo Governor and APC National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole as deputy chairman, and Senator Ovie Omo-Agege as assistant secretary. The council also comprises Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo; Ogun Governor, Dapo Abiodun; his counterpart in Lagos, Babajide...

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25Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Poll : PDP commences ward-to-ward campaign

Ahead of the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party has announced it will begin a ward-to-ward campaign on July 25. A statement on Thursday from the Deputy Director-General of Media and Publicity of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Management Council, Rev. Olu Martins, stated, “The ward tours will afford us the opportunity of meeting our party faithful at the grassroots level so that they can better be acquainted with the programmes and vision of our candidate, Asue Ighodalo, and his running mate, Osarodion Ogie. “The tours will also serve as a platform for our candidate and the party to vigorously take the message of prosperity to the grassroots so that no one is left out in our pursuit of a prosperous Edo State. He said party executives, led...

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10Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo guber : No party’ll count on external influence – PDP

Ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Matthew Iduoriyekemwen, the Director-General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Council, on Tuesday, said no party in the state should count on any external influence to win the election. DAILY POST reports that Iduoriyekemwen made the remark during a solidarity march for the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo in Benin City. Iduoriyekemwen, who led other members of the council, including the party’s flag bearer and his running mate on the solidarity rally, noted that President Bola Tinubu had always been at the forefront of the fight for democracy in Nigeria. While calling on the people of the state to remain committed and vote for the party’s candidate at the election, he alleged that th...

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10Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

PDP appeals judgment nullifying Edo gov primary

The Peoples Democratic Party has approached the Court of Appeal, Abuja division, to appeal the Federal High Court judgment that invalidated the primaries that produced Asue Ighodalo as its gubernatorial candidate in the forthcoming 2024 governorship election in Edo State. The appellant (PDP), in an appeal hinged on 25 grounds, asked the appellate court to set aside the judgment of the lower court delivered on July 4, 2024. Recall that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, had declared the PDP primary election held on February 22 in Edo State as invalid. Justice Ekwo held that the PDP did not comply with the relevant provisions of its constitution or the electoral guidelines for primary elections when it excluded 378 elected ward delegates from participating in the ...

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5Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo 2024: Tinubu Receives Okpebholo, Oshiomhole, Momoh, Others

The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State after visiting President Bola Tinubu, has expressed strong confidence in securing victory in the forthcoming governorship election, attributing its optimism to the current turmoil within the ranks of the ruling People’s Democratic Party (PDP). A recent ruling by the Abuja Federal High Court, which declared the PDP’s primary election invalid, has intensified the political dynamics in Edo State. The court cited the disenfranchisement of authentic delegates during the primary that selected Mr. Asuen Ighodalo as the PDP’s governorship candidate. This legal complication for the PDP has seemingly tilted the scales in favour of the APC. In a strategic move, the APC is positioning its candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as a grassroots pol...

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5Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

IGP Told To Prosecute Ighodalo Over Alleged Voters Card Forgery

The acting State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Emperor Jarret Tenebe, has called on the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to arrest and prosecute the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), governorship candidate in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, for allegedly forging his voter’s card. A letter dated July 3rd and obtained by Vanguard on Friday, Tenebe said that Ighodalo allegedly presented forged documents to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the general public. Tenebe also claimed that the voter’s card being paraded by Ighodalo was forged and demanded a possible arrest and investigation. According to the APC chieftain, he was petitioning as a voter and a law-abiding citizen of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, “whose interest would ...

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1Jul By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo Guber Poll: Punish PDP with your votes – APC candidate, Okpebholo urges voters

Ahead of the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Monday Okpebholo, has urged the people of the state to punish the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, government with their votes for alleged under performance. DAILY POST reports that the APC gubernatorial candidate made the call while members of the ‘Obidient Movement’ in Edo South Senatorial District paid him a solidarity visit in Benin City. “if they have done well, I would not have contested. I urge you to punish them with your votes because if you leave it for them, our unborn children will suffer,” he said. Okpebholo also promised to surpass the achievements of the Governor Godwin Obaseki’s-led administration in the first year of his administration. He thanked t...

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27Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : Court upholds Kadiri as LP deputy governorship candidate

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday affirmed Prince Yusuf Kadari, SAN, as the deputy governorship candidate of the Labour Party, LP, for the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Edo State. The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice Emeka Nwite, held that the LP was within its rights when it nominated Kadiri as the running mate to its flag-bearer for the election, Olumide Akpata. Justice Nwite held that the electoral body had no right to reject Kadiri’s nomination since the party acted in line with provisions of both the Electoral Act 2022 and the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Recall that the governorship candidate of the LP, Akpata, had picked Kadari as his running mate for the election slated for September 21. Even though Kadiri’s name was forwarded to IN...

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26Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

PDP To Inaugurate Edo, Ondo Campaign Councils

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) National Working Committee has approved the inauguration of new National Campaign Councils for the upcoming governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The inauguration is scheduled for Thursday, June 27, 2024, with the aim of securing victories in these elections. In a statement released on Wednesday by National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, the details were outlined: “The National Working Committee (NWC) of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the exercise of its powers, and under its commitment of ensuring victory for our Party at the upcoming Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo states, respectively has approved the inauguration of Edo and Ondo State Governorship Election National Campaign Councils as follo...

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24Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo guber : Okpebholo ‘ll correct wrongs of Obaseki – Edo APC says

Barely three months before the Edo State governorship election, the campaign council of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that its candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, when elected governor of the state, would right the wrongs of the Governor Godwin Obaseki-led administration. DAILY POST reports that Kassim Afegbua, media consultant to the campaign council, gave the assurance on Sunday in Benin City. No less than 16 political parties are fielding candidates for the Edo State governorship election, which is slated for September 21, 2024. Afegbua, who urged the people of the state to reject the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, added that Senator Monday Okpebholo, if elected, would focus on five critical areas of the state’s socioeconomic se...

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23Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo 2024: Obidients Hold Symposium In Support Of PDP Candidate Ighodalo

A good governance advocacy group, Obidients For All, has held a symposium to drum support for the governorship candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo. The symposium, which held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, had a theme ‘Obidients For An Edo That Works For All: The Asue Ighodalo Phenomenon’. In his welcome address, the Convener of the group, Mr Austin Isikhuemen, said that the Obidients For All’s vision and mission was the overriding reason that made Ighodalo of the PDP their choice in the forthcoming gubernatorial election billed for September, 2024. He said justice, fairness and equity as well as the candidate’s pedigree and track record of performance and integrity form a basic requirements for such exalted office. He assert...

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21Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber: Asue Ighodalo’s campaign council member dumps PDP

Ahead of the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, a member of the Asue Ighodalo Campaign Council, Prince Felix Abubakar Isuku, has resigned his membership of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.DAILY POST reports that Isuku is the latest in a long list of PDP chieftains that have dumped the party ahead of the polls. Isuku’s resignation was contained in a letter addresed to the PDP state chairman and other relevant officials on Friday. The three time Executive Director of Edo State Internal Revenue Service, under the current administration of Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor, Comrade Governor Adams Aliu Oshiomhole, attributed his decision to the power struggle that started with the factionalization of the party in the state. Isuku, who was before now a member o...

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19Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber: Ogbeide-Ihama’s alleged expulsion divides Oredo PDP

The leadership of the Oredo Local Government chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, is divided over the expulsion of a former House of Representatives member, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama. According to DAILY POST report the Ward 2 chairman of the party in the locality, Lawrence Aguebor, had at a meeting on Tuesday in Benin city announced the expulsion of the former National Assembly lawmaker from the party. Aguebor said Ogbeide-Ihama was earlier suspended by the Ward executives and critical stakeholders on May 3, 2024, for failing to answer questions concern allegations levelled against him. But in a twist, the chairman of the party in Oredo LGA, Oduwa Igbinosun described the purported expulsion of the former lawmaker by Lawrence Aguebor and his group as null and void. Igbinos...

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19Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, News

Edo guber : PDP expels Ogbeide-Ihama for alleged anti-party activities

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Oredo Local Government Area said it has expelled Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, the immediate past member of the Federal House of Representatives, for alleged anti-party activities. Ogbeide-Ihama represented the Oredo Federal Constituency in the National Assembly between 2015 and 2023. DAILY POST recalls that he, along with former deputy governor of the state Philip Shaibu, had last week donated their governorship campaign secretariats and facilities to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Lawrence Aguebor, PDP Ward 2 chairman in Oredo Local Government, announced the expulsion of the former lawmaker from the party on Tuesday in Benin City. Aguebor said the decision to expel Ogbeide-Ihama was taken at an enlarged meeting by the ward members and exec...

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17Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Peter Obi’s Support Group Endorses PDP’s Candidate, Ighodalo Ahead Of Edo Guber Election

A socio-political support group under the former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, has endorsed the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, in the September 21 Governorship election. Naija News reports that the support group endorsed Ighodalo at a symposium held along Airport Road, Benin City. Speaking at the event, the Co-convener of Obidients for Asue Ighodalo (AI), Austin Isikhuemen, assured that the group would mobilise over 150,000 votes to support the PDP’s candidate in the election. The group affirmed their full support for Ighodalo, based on his capacity, competence, track record, integrity, intellect and commitment to good governance. Isikhuemen said the Obidients are a group of individuals that grew from supporters of Peter...

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17Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

PDP Ighodalo encouraging godfatherism, can’t be gov – Shaibu

A former Deputy Governor of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has described the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship candidate in the state, Asue Ighodalo as an outsider who can’t become governor. Shaibu said Ighodalo is an encouragement of godfatherism because he’s the godson to Governor Godwin Obaseki. He, however, vowed to support the All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate in the state, Monday Okpebholo because a godson can never win the governorship election. Addressing journalists at St. Paul Catholic Church, Airport Road, Benin, yesterday, Shaibu said the reign of godfatherism in Edo State must be brought to an end. He also noted that the APC governorship candidate and his Labour Party counterpart are ‘homeboys.’ According to Shaibu: “I will support a ‘h...

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17Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

I will sweep APC candidate into governor’s office – Oshiomhole vows

Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole has vowed to ensure the victory of Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate in the September 21 governorship election. Oshiomhole said he was ready to take up the role of a sweeper to ensure the APC won the governorship election. He spoke while inaugurating the party’s Campaign Council for the election over the weekend. The former governor urged residents suffering from flood, whose children sit on bare floors in schools to join in ensuring APC won the governorship election. According to Oshiomhole: “If it requires me to take the role of a sweeper, I am ready to sweep Senator Monday Okpebholo into office as governor. “Every member and supporter of the APC is a member of our campaign for genuine change under t...

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15Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo 2024 : APC Inaugurates Campaign Council For Edo 2024 Governorship Election

The Campaign Council for the upcoming governorship election on 21 September was inaugurated by the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday evening. During the inauguration, the Chairman of the Campaign Council and Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, noted that all party members and supporters are part of the Campaign Council. Oshiomhole urged them to put in their best efforts to secure victory in their respective units and wards, stating that “Every member is a canvasser.” Furthermore, he expressed his willingness to take on any role, even that of a sweeper, to ensure the success of Senator Monday Okpebholo’s bid for the governorship. On his part, the Director-General of the Campaign Council, Senator Matthew Urhoghide, expresse...

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14Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber: ‘Tinubu Saved Nigeria, But Ighodalo Is Everybody’s Man’ – APC Chieftain

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Emmanuel Odigie, has said President Bola Tinubu‘s influence cannot secure victory for the party in the Edo State 2024 Governorship election. Naija News reports that the APC chieftain made this known in an interview with ARISE News on Friday while declaring his support for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, to become the next governor of Edo State. According to Odigie, who is also a member of the Edo Integrity Group, Ighodalo stands out amongst all the candidates for the upcoming election. The APC chieftain acknowledged Tinubu’s courageous leadership in saving the country from becoming like Venezuela’s economy but noted that it would take the party a lot of work to win the gubernatorial election. He sa...

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12Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election, Politics, Polities

Edo Election : Court Fixes New Date To Deliver Judgement On Labour Party Candidacy Tussle

The Federal High Court in Benin City has set aside the date of July 19, 2024, to deliver its judgement on the legal dispute surrounding the Edo State governorship primaries of the Labour Party (LP) that took place on February 23. Naija News reports that one of the contenders in the election, Kenneth Imasuangbon, has contested the candidacy of Olumide Akpata, alleging irregularities in the process and issues with Akpata’s personal documentation. Imasuangbon is challenging Akpata’s nomination on the grounds that the Labour Party did not adhere to the Electoral Act, the party’s constitution, and the party’s guidelines during the conduct of the primaries. The Lead Counsel representing the plaintiff, A. Malik, SAN, argued that the court should dismiss the arguments put forth by Olumide...

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12Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo Guber : Police arrest Olu Martins, PDP campaign spokesman

The Edo State Police Command has arrested Reverend Olu Martins, the Deputy Director-General, Media to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, governorship campaign council. DAILY POST reports that the State Commissioner of Police, Funsho Adegboye, disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday at a press briefing in Benin City. Adegboye also disclosed that the PDP governorship campaign spokesman has been charged in court. He said the politician was arrested and charged to court for allegedly making inciting statements that are capable of causing violence in the state. He said there was a viral video of an inflammatory statement made by Rev Olu Martins that could heat up the electioneering campaign processes in the state. “He was invited to serve as a deterrent to others of like- behaviours...

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9Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

Edo guber APC Vice Chairman, Inegbeniki resigns from party

The Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State, Francis Inegbeniki, has resigned from the party. Inegbeniki, a strong APC chieftain from Esan Central Local Government and Edo Central Senatorial District, was affiliated with the party’s candidate for the forthcoming September 21, 2024, governorship election, Senator Monday Okpebholo. Inegbeniki is one of the chieftains who have resigned from the party, following the departure of Victoria Amu, a former governorship aspirant in the state. Recall that Inegbeniki and seven others were expelled from the party by his local government on April 21, 2023, after the general election, over alleged anti-party activities that purportedly led to the defeat of the party’s House of Assembly candidate. However, this expulsio...

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7Jun By snowmediatvNo Comments

Edo State 2024 Election

EDO 2024 ELECTION : 17 parties submit candidates list to INEC

Seventeen political parties met the deadline to nominate candidates for the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State. Ahead of the governorship poll, the Independent National Electoral Commission said it would publish the particulars of the 17 candidates and their running mates on March 30, 2024. The state governorship election is scheduled to be held on September 21, 2024. The particulars of the candidates would be published by displaying copies of Form EC9 along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate at the State Headquarters and the 18 Local Government offices across the state. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, stated this on Wednesday. Olumekun said, “Follow...

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