The Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has disclosed that 520 delegates will be electing its flag bearer in the Edo State governorship election, claiming that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has written to them that it will supervise the exercise.
The acting state chairman of the PDP faction in Edo, Mr Ebenezer Alabi disclosed this to newsmen in the state, stressing that the police and other security agencies have been contacted to provide security at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, venue of the exercise.
Throwing more light on the event, spokesman of the group, Okharedia Ihimekpem said, “INEC officials will be arriving from Abuja to supervise the exercise. The Ahmed Makarfi faction sent the name of Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu to INEC but INEC rejected the name based on a court order restraining it from doing so until the ruling which we are expecting on July 4.
“So INEC is coming. The exercise will take place at the Tennis Court section of the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium.”
