Edo North Senatorial district is the second most populous zone and has a total of 564, 122 registered voters. Made up of six local government areas comprising Etsako East, Etsako West, Etsako Central, Owan West, Owan East and Akoko Edo, the senatorial district is tipped by bookmakers as the zone where the race to Osadebe Avenue would be won and lost today.

It is no longer news that Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC, first locked horns in 2016 when they both contested the governorship of Edo State.

AFTER almost three months of campaigns by the 14 political parties that presented candidates for today’s governorship election, voters in Edo State would decide who would be their governor for the next four years.

…Condemn Siege on Governors by security operatives …says siege is unconstitutional and provocative …calls on international communities to take note The Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the House of Representatives has condemned the clampdown on its governors by security officers in Benin City, Edo state capital on the instructions of the Inspector General of Police,  […]

…says siege on PDP Govs a breach by Nigerian police The Rivers State Senate caucus has cautioned the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu that on no account should anything happen to the Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike who is on an official assignment to Edo State. This was contained in a statement jointly […]

Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation says it plans to deploy its Parallel Vote Tabulation (PVT) methodology to assess the credibility of the Sept. 19, Edo Governorship poll. Mr Samson Itodo, Executive Director, Yiaga Africa said this in a statement on Friday in Abuja. Also read: Edo 2020: Anxiety among journalists over fear of kidnap […]

The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room) has pleaded with political actors to remember their commitment to the Peace Accord signed ahead of Sept.19 governorship election in Edo. Ms Esther Uzoma, Alternate Chair, Situation Room, made the call on behalf of the group in a preliminary statement issued in Abuja ahead of the election. […]

By Omeiza Ajayi Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu has warned staff of the commission including those on ad hoc services against conferring undue advantage on any candidate or political party in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State. In a message to the staff of the Commission on Friday, Yakubu “as we begin […]

*INEC distributes sensitive materials *Security agencies in show of force *IGP orders restriction of vehicular movement *1,735,910 voters to decide candidtes’ fate *PDP storms INEC headquarters, demands assurance of credible polls *With 31,000 security operatives, there must not be rigging, violence – ADP *Obaseki hails Buhari’s call for peaceful, transparent election *Buni tasks stakeholders on […]

African Democratic Congress, ADC, has raised the alarm over the deployment of over 31,000 policemen in Edo State ahead of the governorship elections holding on Saturday, September 19.