With the party primaries for the September 21 Edo State governorship election concluded, The PUNCH reports the chaos generated by the exercise which may take some time to clear up. The just concluded primary elections by the major political parties in Edo State to choose their candidates for the September 21 governorship election were chaotic,...
•Olumide Akpata The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate for Edo State Olumide Akpata says his letter to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) helped the party conduct a credible governorship primary in the state. Akpata had some days back written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) claiming there was a p...
•Olumide Akpata A former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Olumide Akpata has clinched the Labour Party (LP) ticket for the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State. Akpata scored 316 votes to win the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, today, reports Channels TV. The Deputy Governor of Abia State [&helli...
•Ighodalo A Lagos-based lawyer, Asue Ighodalo has been declared the winner of another factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State. Ighodalo defeated nine other contenders in the election held today, Thursday, February 22, reports The Nation. He received 577 votes to become the party’s nominee for the September 2024 pol...
•Governor Bassey Otu The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, who is the chairman of Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC’s) governorship direct primary election, has disclosed that a fresh shadow poll would be conducted in the 192 wards, across the 18 local government areas of the state. Otu, who briefly addressed reporters ...
•Uzodinma Ahead of tomorrow’s rescheduled conduct of the All Progressives Congress primary in Edo, certain aspirants and a Civil Society group have demanded President Bola Tinubu’s direct intervention in the fresh process. In a joint statement today signed by Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, Chief Lucky Imasuen, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and General C...
The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has declared Saturday’s primary election in Edo State inconclusive. The Frontier reports that the exercise, which triggered controversy, had produced three different candidates. While a member of the House of Representatives, Dennis Idahosa, was announced winner by the chairman of the APC Primary Elec...
Some youths and women of the All Progressives Congress (APC) today thronged the party’s secretariat in Benin City, the Edo State capital in protest against the outcome of Saturday’s governorship primary election which produced three winners. The group who removed furniture and other items from the secretariat and promised to camp outside the f...
•Ganduje The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has congratulated the winner of the Edo State APC governorship primary election, Mr. Dennis Idahosa. In a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Edwin Olofu, Ganduje urged the party’s standard-bearer to carry other aspirants along to deliver the party in...
•Ize-Iyamu Less than 24 hours to the primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to elect its flag bearer for the September 21 governorship election in Edo state, a frontline aspirant of the party, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has withdrawn from the race. He announced his withdrawal today, Friday, February 16, in a statement made [&he...
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