17 Parties To Feature In Edo Governorship Election – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says 17 political parties have fielded candidates for the Sept 21 Edo governorship election.

In a statement, Mr Sam Olumekun, INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee said the 17 parties had successfully uploaded their candidates’ nomination forms for the election on the INEC portal before the 6pm deadline on March 24 when the dedicated portal automatically shut down.

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Mr. Olumekun also said the personal details of the candidates and their running mates would be published by the commission on March 30, in line with Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act, 2022.

While inviting the general public to scrutinise the candidates’ documents, he said any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by the candidate was false could challenge the nomination.