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From Tony Osauzo, Benin
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, displayed the list of candidates of the 17 political parties that will be contesting the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
The Edo INEC office led by its Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Dr Anugbum Onuoha, displayed the list on its notice board and in all INEC offices across the 18 local government areas of the state.
In the list, Mr Uwaifo Osaro is the governorship candidate of Action Alliance (AA); Social Democratic Party (SDP), Aner Abdullai Aliu; New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Azena Azemhe Friday; and All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Osifo Isiah.
Others are: Ugiagbe Odaro Syvelster, All People Movement (APM); Areleogbe Amos Osalumese, All Peoples Party (APP); Akhime Kingson Afere, Action Democratic Party (ADP); Udoh Obersifo David, African Action Congress (AAC), and Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP).
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is Ighodalo Asuerinme: Boot Party (BP), Osirame Edeipo; and Accord Party (AP), Enabulele Bright.
Others are: African Democratic Congress (ADC), Obazele Paul Agbone; Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata Anthony; All Progressives Congress (APC), Okpebholo Monday; People Redemption Party (PRP), Key Patience Ndidi; and Young Progressive Party (YPP), Okungbowa Paul Ovbokhan.
Meanwhile, the INEC headquarters had said the Commission shall publish the personal particulars of the governorship candidates and their deputies by displaying copies of Form EC9 along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate at the state headquarters and the 18 local government offices across the state.
The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of the commission, Sam Olumekun, in a statement charged Nigerians to scrutinize the documents.
“Any aspirant who participated in his/her party primaries with reasonable grounds to believe that the information provided by the candidate is false can challenge the nomination in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the Electoral Act 2022”, the commission said.
