INEC Plans To Publish Details Of Governorship Candidates, Saturday.
Independent National Electoral Commission says it will publish the
personal particulars of candidates for the Edo State governorship election on
Saturday.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter
Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, in a statement said, the decision to publish
the details of candidates followed the conclusion of party primaries, and
appealed to Nigerians to scrutinize the documents, saying 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 in a Federal High Court as provided in Section 29(5) of the
Electoral Act 2022.
The Edo State governorship election is scheduled to hold on
Saturday 21st September, 2024, adding that, 17 political parties have uploaded
their candidates’ nomination forms for the Edo State Governorship Election by
the deadline of 24th March 2024 when the dedicated portal will automatically
shut down.
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