The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned political parties participating in the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections against nominating ineligible candidates.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, who spoke during the second virtual consultative meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES), said parties must adhere to constitutional provisions.
Yakubu said experience from the last two governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi states makes compliance with the Constitution imperative.
INEC said there would be no extension to the deadline for the submission of candidates’ names by parties, which is Saturday 27th June 2020.
The INEC chairman reminded security agencies of their roles during the party primaries, electioneering campaigns, voting and eventual declaration of results in safeguarding the process and protecting all those involved.
Following his resignation from the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki, yesterday said he was yet to join a new platform.
He tweeted: “I have not moved to a new platform yet to seek re-election.”
But Edo House of Assembly Speaker Francis Okiye said he remained an APC member.
He told newsmen during a briefing to mark the Assembly’s first anniversary that the lawmakers had done well despite 14 of the 24-member House not being inaugurated.
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