Tag: Edo poll
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Edo Poll: Oba of Benin invites Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu for peace pact
The Oba of Benin, who is worried of the violent dimension that campaigns are going, said he would invite all the governorship candidates participating in the coming governorship election in the state to his palace to sign a peace pact. This, he said especially between the two major political parties; the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)…
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INEC suspends collection of voter cards, retains 2019 voter register for Edo poll
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will retain the 2019 Edo State voter register for the governorship election, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) Dr. Johnson Alalibo made this known during a dialogue with the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room, a coalition of over 70 civil society organisations, in Abuja. He said…
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Edo poll: DSS invites Kabaka, nine other APC chieftains
The Department of State Services (DSS) has invited Tony Adun, aka Kabaka and nine other leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo for a peace meeting on Saturday ahead of the September 19 governorship election. The meeting fixed for 11 am holds at the DSS’ Edo state headquarters at No. 1, Court Road,…
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Edo Poll: Oshiomhole attacks Progressives Governors DG, calls him pig, empty brain
Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole on Monday fired back at the Director-General of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Salihu Lukman, likening him to a pig and an empty brain. Recall that Lukman had recently told Oshiomhole to take the back seat while the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate, Pastor…
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Appeal Court to deliver judgement on Edo poll today
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin will on Friday deliver judgement on the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, challenging the ruling of the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal on the September 2016 governorship poll. The PDP and Ize-Iyamu are challenging the judgement of the Justice Ahmed…