Men of the security agencies have surrounded Benin City office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along Ramat Park. Ekohotblog gathered that two Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs) were stationed before and after the office while traffic is being diverted to follow one lane. This is coming as a bid to ensure security around the … Read more
Governor of Rivers, Nyesom Wike, says the the only way the All Progressives Congress (APC) can emerge victorious in Edo governorship election which comes up on Saturday is if the election is rigged. Wike said the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will roundly defeat APC if the police are able to keep political thugs at bay. … Read more
By Fredrick Nwabufo The campaigns of the first-tier contenders in the Edo governorship election have been largely ensconced in the agitprop of godfatherism. While Godwin Obaseki, incumbent governor of the state, claims he is wrestling against the forces of recidivism who have held Edo down and who want to keep lording it over the state … Read more
The former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tom Ikimi, in his reaction, has told National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, that his strategy of cash-laden ‘bullion vans’ cannot be successful in the governorship election of Edo State. Ikimi said this at the mega rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Benin, the Edo … Read more
As the Ondo and Edo governorship elections draw near, the United Kingdom has read the riot act to political actors and stakeholders. The country threatened to deem anyone who forment trouble and incite violence during the elections persona non grata and ban them coming into the country. nyone guilty of electoral violence ahead of the … Read more
Edo people does not yield their will to oppressive figures – Obaseki Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, says his victory in the state gubernatorial election on Saturday will serve as a wake up call for Lagosians to end the political Dynasty of national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu in the state. … Read more
Peace candidates for the election on Tuesday signed a peace accord Ahead of the Saturday Edo governorship poll, candidates for the election on Tuesday signed a peace accord, pledging to abide by the rules and regulations as stipulated in the electoral law. Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar (rtd.), the Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC) and … Read more
Oyegun asks Edo people to vote their conscience and shun primitive politics Former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Oyegun, has hailed the perseverance and resolution of Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki over the persecution and victimisation he suffered during his time at the party. You will recall that Obaseki quit APC … Read more
Reform National leadership of Labour Party (LP) on Saturday called on President Muhammadu Buhari The National leadership of Labour Party (LP) on Saturday called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the Sept. 19, governorship election in Edo as a template for his administration’s electoral reform agenda. Mr Julius Abure, the National Secretary of the party, … Read more
As a way of carrying out a peaceful election, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, said the 14 political parties participating in the governorship elections in Edo state scheduled for September 19 would sign a peace accord in the coming days. The Chairman of INEC, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, represented by his Chief Press Secretary, Rotimi … Read more
Governor of Edo, Godwin Obaseki, says he will end the political career of former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, in the forthcoming election. Obaseki said this during the governorship election campaign of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oredo local government area of the state on Saturday. Obaseki said the … Read more
The details of meeting the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, had with major the contenders in the forthcoming election in Edo state have emerged. The major contender are Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who’s the incumbent governor and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) The race to become the … Read more
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has insisted that the force will not align with any political party ahead of the September 19 Edo Governorship election. Mr Adamu was speaking during a meeting with Civil Society Groups on Monday, led by the Executive Director of the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre, Mr. Clement Nwankwo. According … Read more
Inspector-general of police, Mohammed Adamu, has said the chances of having a violent gubernatorial polls in Edo and Ondo are high as politicians in the two states have started arming of thugs ahead of the elections. The police boss made this known in a statement by force spokesman, Frank Mba, on Sunday. The gubernatorial election … Read more
The request by the Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN) for an order to freeze the account of the Edo Government over its alleged refusal to the outstanding salaries and entitlements of court workers in the state has been declined by a Federal High Court in Abuja. JUSUN had also prayed the court to order … Read more
Osagie Ize-Iyamu, governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, has refuted claims that Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is his godfather. Ize-Iyamu debunked the claims in an interview with Arise Television on Sunday, noting that the only godfather he has is God. Ize-Iyamu said, unlike Obaseki … Read more
Mohammed Adamu, inspector-general of the police (IGP), has ordered a clampdown on proliferation of firearms possession by unauthorised persons. The move is part of the efforts to forestall violence and bloodshed during the upcoming gubernatorial elections in Edo and Ondo scheduled for September 19 and October 10 respectively. You recalled that some political rallies, especially … Read more
Governor of Edo state, Godwin Obaseki, said his convoy was attacked at ward 10, Apana, Etsako west local government area of the state. Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is from the ward. Obaseki disclosed this In a statement issued on his behalf by his spokesman, Crusoe Osagie. Obaseki said … Read more
The Peoples Democratic Party, Lagos State chapter, has warned the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu not spend funds or use any resource that belongs to the state on the upcoming governorship elections in Ondo and Edo states. This was released in a press statement by the Lagos PDP’s spokesperson, Mr Gani Taofik. The party urged the Lagos … Read more
The Chairman of the National Campaign Council of the Peoples Democratic Party and River State Governor Governor, Mr Nyesom Wike, has said at the media briefing in Portharcourt on Monday that for the sacked national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, the upcoming Edo State governorship election was a matter of life … Read more