The
Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the name of the
candidates submitted for the governorship election of Edo State by the Ali Modu
Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The
commission said that it decided to reject the list based on the fact that it
did not monitor the primary that produced the faction’s governorship candidate,
Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekwemwen.
The
Deputy Director in charge of Publicity and Voters’ Education at the
commission’s headquarters, Mr. Nick Dazang, stated this on Tuesday night.
He
said that the commission had accepted the name submitted by the Chairman of the
party’s National Caretaker Committee, Ahmed Makarfi.
Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu is the candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the party.
He
said that the commission had received the names of governorship candidates from
18 other political parties, apart from the PDP.
He
said, “As of this evening, we have received 19 candidates from 19 political
parties for the Edo governorship election.
“These
include the candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the PDP. We received the
candidate of the Makarfi-led faction because of the Port Harcourt court
judgement plus the fact that we monitored its primaries.”
Other
political parties listed include AA, ACD, ACPN, APC, APGA, LP, MPPP, NCP, NNPP,
PDC, PPA, PPN, SDP, UPP and YDP.
The
two factions had on Monday submitted names of their governorship candidates for
the state to the to the commission.
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