The Edo State Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Hilary Otsu, has cautioned the party against fielding unpopular candidate in the 2024 Governorship Election in the state. Otsu issued the warning in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin on Wednesday. He said that there is...
Edo State Governorship election
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced dates for the conduct of governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states. The National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education, Sam Olumekun, the commission said that the governorship election in Edo...
A three-man panel of discussants on a television programme has charged political parties and the electorate in Edo State to jettison the notion of ceding the governorship in the 2024 election to any particular zone. The panel rather suggested that the contest for the state’s plum position...
Leaders of the pan Esan socio-cultural organization, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI) and other stakeholders, are anxiously awaiting report of the Implementation Committee led by revered Constitutional Law Professor, Michael Ikhariale, to resolve the knotty issue of pruning the load of persons of Esan extraction angling for the Edo State...
A Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo, Mr Martins Sadoh, has said that capacity of candidates should determine the choice of successor to Gov. Godwin Obaseki in 2024 and not ethnicity. Sadoh, a security expert based in Netherlands, said this in a statement made available...
As part of the strategic move to present a united front, ahead of the Edo State governorship election slated for next year, a joint meeting of Esan leaders of thought, governorship aspirants and leaders of the socio-cultural organization, Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), has laid the groundwork to prune the...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja – In line with the resolution of the Esan Assembly, held last weekend, to reach out to Edo North and Edo South Senatorial Zones in the quest to get them concede the governorship contest to persons of Esan extraction, the Esan Okpa Initiative (EOI), the...