The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said that it had continued with arrangements to ensure the success of the governorship election in Edo rescheduled for Sept. 28.

The Independent National Electoral Commission [INEC], on Thursday said it would issue identity cards to agents of the various political parties contesting in Sept. 28 governorship election in Edo.

Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Rivers state has described governor Adams Oshiomole as a drowning politician who is seriously worried that his All Progressive Congress, APC will lose the governorship elections in his Edo state.

Sen.Walid Jibrin, National Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Board of Trustees (BoT), said on Thursday that postponement of governorship election in Edo would not affect the party’s victory.

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has enjoined his Edo state counterpart, Governor Adams Oshiomole not to blame him for purportedly losing the support of Edo state people ahead of the governorship election in his state, adding that he (Oshiomhole) brought President Muhammadu Buhari and 10 APC Governors to Edo State and was not satisfied, but panicking because two PDP governors visited the state.

Sen. Abubakar Kyari, Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, has said that the last minute shifting of the Edo Governorship election to Sept. 28, will not affect the expected outcome. Kyari was reacting to accusation made by the PDP that the postponement of the poll was aimed at manipulating the outcome by the ruling APC.

SOMETHING doesn’t look right about the decision to postpone the Edo State governorship election slated for last week. This is regardless of whatever reason or reasons informed the decision for the postponement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. But even on this there is nothing to fix the decision on. Conflicting reasons have been adduced for the postponement and the fact that no consensus can be reached on this apparently simple matter only raises suspicion about INEC’s motive for tinkering with the electoral calendar.

Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, says his opponents in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have already admitted that Edo is working , and they are bound for defeat in the September 28 governorship election as there was no need to return to the dark past when nothing worked in the state.

The Peoples Democratic Party has rejected the allegation by Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State that it registered 8,000 militants for the governorship election in the state.

Benin-City You could see through the tension in Edo State last Thursday when the major combating political parties waited anxiously to hear the final announcement from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on whether the governorship election, scheduled for yesterday, could hold. The tension was quite high, particularly when supporters and leaders of the parties had concluded arrangements to move to their various constituencies for the election.

Port Harcourt – Rivers Commissioner for Information and Communication, Dr Austin Tam-George, said on Friday that Gov. Nyesom Wike and his Delta counterpart, Sen. Ifeanyi Okowa, did not mobilise to rig the Edo governorship election. Tam-George said in a statement in Port Harcourt that claims by Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo that the two governors […]

EDO State governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole has said that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in connivance with some state governors had registered about 8,000 militants with the intention of using them to manipulate the governorship election in the state.

Broadcast Mogul and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP National chairmanship aspirant, Chief Raymond Dokpesi has flayed the postponement of the Edo State governorship election saying it would not save the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC from imminent defeat.

EDO State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has said that the security advice upon which the Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC, postponed the governorship election earlier scheduled for today was authored in connivance with the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party ,PDP, in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has expressed delight at the manner of representation offered by the party’s lawmakers in the National Assembly, describing the legislators as worthy ambassadors of the PDP.