#EdoDecides2024
22 Sep
A tense situation unfolded early Sunday at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, as Dennis Idahosa, the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), led party members in a protest demanding the removal of Governor Godwin Obaseki from the premises. Idahosa, who…
21 Sep
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 93.76 percent results of the Edo governorship election on the viewing portal (IReV). As at the time of filing this report, a total of 4,237 results out of 4,519 have been uploaded on the IReV. While APC and PDP maintains lead in their different strongholds, Labour Party…
21 Sep
As results continue to pour in, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed optimism that its candidate, Sen Monday Okpebholo, would coast home to victory. Reacting to stories making the round in sections of social media by certain political parties peddling what it termed "bogus figures of vote tallies" in the poll, the party urged…
21 Sep
The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, has delivered his polling unit in the ongoing governorship election for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Obaseki voted at Polling Unit 19, Ward 04, in the Oredo Local Government Area in Benin City, the Edo State capital. The result at the Unit in the Oredo Local Government Area,…
21 Sep
The Candidate of the People's Democratic Party, (PDP) Asue Ighodalo secured one vote at polling unit of his main rival, and candidate of the All Progressive Congress APC, senator Monday Okpebholo Releasing the results at Unit 03, Ward 1, Uwessan, Esan central local government area of Edo State, Okpebholo got 102 votes, while Ighodalo got…
21 Sep
Voting in many polling units within the Benin metropolis is going smoothly amid tight security, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. NAN further reports that security agents were deployed early in most polling units across Benin metropolis and other parts of Edo, a situation that boosted the participation of voters in Saturday’s governorship election.…
21 Sep
Travellers plying through Edo on Saturday were stuck as military men mounted roadblocks in border areas following the ongoing governorship election in the state. Efforts by the travellers to convince the security officers at Agbor-Igueben-Uromi yielded no result, leading to a buildup of traffic on the road Accredited journalists, including a Correspondent of the News…
21 Sep
The Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) has worked so well so far in the ongoing governorship election in Edo state, according to voters. Investigations by The Guardian showed that accreditation and voting are done simultaneously as it takes barely three minutes for an eligible voter to be captured and vote. Some of the polling units…
21 Sep
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested some suspects for alleged vote buying in Egor LGa, around 10 am at the ongoing Edo governorship election. The suspects (Two males and a female) were taken away by the Police and EFCC at the polling unit. Some of the electorates could be heard challenging the…
21 Sep
Olumide Akpata, Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Edo Governorship Election has cast his vote in Oredo Ward 6, unit 11, commending the voting process. Speaking to journalists after voting at about 10:30 am, Olumide said “I voted according to the voting process and everything went well. “I want to hope that this is the…
21 Sep
Wife of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship candidate in the 2020 Edo election, Prof. Idia Osagie Ize-Iyamu, on Saturday decried the low turnout of voters for today's election in the state. Mrs. Ize-Iyamu spoke to The Guardian while waiting to vote at the John Odigie-Oyegun Staff Training Centre now John Odigie-Oyegun Public Service Academy…
21 Sep
Officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC) and election materials have yet to arrive at Idrion Vocational Centre, a voting centre at Okaegben, Ewohimi, Esan South East Local Government Area of Edo. Dr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo governorship election, is expected to vote at Okaegben ward one, polling…
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