The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said it will investigate allegations of wrong figures entered into polling unit result sheets in the ongoing Edo governorship election. The commission in a short statement on X on Saturday night promised to investigate the matter immediately. “The commission’s attention has been drawn to an allegation of wrong […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC said it is set to begin state-level collation of results of Saturday’s Governorship Election in Edo state.

IT was a dramatic scene at about 4:10 am when Governor Godwin Obaseki was forced out of the premises of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benin by the DIG Frank Mba.

SOME members of the All Progressives Congress stormed the Independent National Electoral Commission’s office at about 3.30 am on Sunday demanding that state governor Godwin Obesity should leave the office because he has no reason to be there when results were yet to be. Announced

THE ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the main opposition All Progressives Congress, APC, were locked in a tight race last night as Edo State 2024 governorship election inched to the finish line, last night.

THE Director General of the Asue/Ogie Campaign Council, Hon Matthew Iduoriyekemwen early Sunday morning protested the just concluded governorship election saying the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would protest the outcome which is being skewed in favour of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Sen Monday Okpebholo.

The Police on Saturday said it has arrested two alleged political thugs of one of the parties contesting the Edo governorship election with voter’s cards, and pre-filled ballot box papers even as it said six others were arrested for possession of large sums of money to be used for Vote buying.

 Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has commended the zeal of voters in the state who trooped out en masse  to cast their votes in the governorship election in spite of the heavy rain. Speaking to journalists after casting his votes at about 11:57 a.m. at Oredo Ward 4, unit 19, Emokpae Primary School, Obaseki also […]

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) demands for the immediate and unconditional release of voters including PDP members and supporters who were illegally arrested by APC compromised security operatives while peacefully queuing to vote in the on-going Governorship election in Edo State.

The governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki has won his polling unit.

INEC has extended voting time at Polling Units (PUs) where the voting process in the ongoing Edo governorship election began late.

Some Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) in Oredo Local Government Area (LGA) on Saturday encountered difficulties in locating their polling units in the ongoing Edo governorship election.

 The officials of the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), on Saturday stormed polling units in Benin, the Edo Capital in a bid to avert vote buying in the ongoing governorship. The operatives who were clad in their branded camouflage uniforms and vest combed surroundings in and around the polling booths in search of vote […]

The INEC’s resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Edo, Anugbum Onuoha has revealed that ongoing governorship election results will be transmitted electronically, saying only a poor network can stop the electronic transmission of results.

The candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the ongoing Edo election, Asue Ighodalo has raised the alarm over indiscriminate arrest of his party supporters.