The Nigeria Police have arrested nine persons over alleged vote buying and possession of pre-filled ballot papers during the ongoing Edo State governorship election. Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Saturday said that six of the suspects were apprehended at Aibotse Secondary School, near Meremu Hotel in Auchi, for engaging in vote buying. … Read more
The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, has called on its members and supporters in Edo to follow the state governorship election results from the polling units to the ward, local government, and state collation centers. The party made the call in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba in Abuja on Saturday, noting … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says it has successfully uploaded 90.33 percent of the results from the Edo governorship election to its Result Viewing Portal as of filing the report. Accordingly, results from 4,082 out of the 4,519 polling units where elections were held in the state have been successfully transmitted on the portal. … Read more
There was a significant delay at Unit 5, Ward 11, located at Azama Primary School in Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State in the ongoing governorship election on Saturday as the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) malfunctioned, preventing voters, including former deputy governor of Edo State, Mr. Philip Shaibu, from casting their ballots. … Read more
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has condemned late arrival of officials of Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, and election materials to his polling unit. It was gathered that INEC Officials and materials arrived in Ighodalo’s Okaegben ward one, unit 3 in Ewohimi at exactly 10:30 a.m. … Read more
The Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, has arrested no fewer than three suspected vote buyers in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State. The suspects, according to Channels TV, were arrested in the Egor Local Government Area of the state around 10:00 am on Saturday. EFCC officials left the location with three suspects – two … Read more
Security personnel were seen mounting roadblocks on roads in Benin as early as 6:00 a.m., ahead of the Edo governorship election, which is set to begin at 8:00 a.m. Security personnel in the wee hours of the day began stopping and searching vehicles at the roadblocks, as well asking the occupants questions in order to … Read more
Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has declared the forthcoming governorship election in the state a do-or-die affair. Obaseki made this declaration at the PDP grand finale rally in the Ekenwan area of Benin City, the state capital, He blasted Adams Oshiomhole, his predecessor, for low performance during his tenure. “The person I took over from … Read more
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo on Tuesday presented soft copies of voters register to political parties participating in the Sept. 21 Edo governorship elections. Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, in Edo, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, presented the register to the chairmen and secretaries of political parties and other officials at INEC office in Benin. … Read more
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Phillip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo State, has emerged as the winner in a factional primary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the 2024 Edo governorship election. Shaibu won the parallel primaries with over three hundred and one votes. Meanwhile, the Governor Godwin Obaseki faction of the party is … Read more
Edo Guber It was such a relief that the Edo governorship election has not only come and gone, but also without the rivers of blood that was predicted to flow along with it. Bookmakers had predicted that there would be massive violence. The Oba of Benin had to intervene. So was the National Peace Committee … Read more