Edo State Governor, GODWIN OBASEKI, has been visiting his fellow PDP governors in the South-South to thank them for their support during his re-election campaign. Governor OBASEKI first stopped at the Rivers State Government House in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, September 23, 2020, to see Governor NYESOM WIKE, who was the Chairman of the PDP Campaign Committee for…
The Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room says the Edo State Governorship election recorded incidents of vote-buying. The Situation Room observed that the problem of vote trading has deepened in the Nigerian political system, as politicians appear to be spending more to influence elections. In its second interim statement on the conduct of the election last Saturday, the…
The national leadership of the All Progressives Congress has congratulated Edo State Governor GODWIN OBASEKI on his victory at last Saturday’s governorship election. APC’s National Caretaker Committee Chairman, Governor MAI MALA BUNI of Yobe State sent the congratulatory message a day after the Edo State branch of the party rejected the outcome of the election. Before sending…
YIAGA Africa has scored the conduct of the Edo State governorship election high. The civil society organization revealed that the results declared by Independent National Electoral Commission conforms with figures it collected from the field. YIAGA Africa Board member, EZENWA NWAGWU, said the group used what it calls ‘Parallel Vote Tabulation’ methodology to measure the performance by…
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, is shifting its attention to Ondo State, after last Saturday governorship election in Edo State. INEC Chairman, Professor MAHMOOD YAKUBU, has also commended all stakeholders who made the Edo state governorship election a success. YAKUBU was speaking at the closing session of the INEC Situation Room on the Edo Governorship election…
The Police Service Commission has sent a monitoring team to Edo State, ahead of the governorship election this Saturday, September 19, 2020. The team of officials of the Police Service Commission are to monitor the conduct of the more than thirty-one thousand police personnel on election duty in Edo State. The PSC Monitoring team is led by…