INEC Postpones Edo State governorship election by two weeks

Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has changed from its stance to hold elections on saturday in Edo as it has agreed to move the Edo State governorship election by two weeks.

INEC’s decision was reached at a security meeting held in Benin, the Edo State capital Thursday evening amid heightened security concerns over the polls.

Yesterday, the DSS and the Police advised the commission to consider moving the election.

According to a national commissioner at the commission, the  Chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, and other national officials of the commission are going to address a press conference on the development.

It will be recalled that the ruling All progressives Congress (APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had traded words over reports of a possible postponement, with the state PDP chairman Chief Dan Orbih describing the situation as ‘democracy on trial’.

Today, INEC earlier made an announcement that the election would hold as scheduled .