LG polls: Political parties battle for Edo chairmanship, councillorship seats

Chairman of the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission, Justice James Oyomire (retd), who stated this on Wednesday in Benin, said arrangements had been finalised to ensure the deployment of electoral materials to the polling units.

He stated that there are 18 registered parties in the country but only 11 invited EDSIEC to capture their primaries and forms were given to them with only seven parties submitting forms before the deadline.

Parties that will participate in the election, according to the chairman, are
Accord Party, African Action Congress, Africa Democratic Congress, Allied Peoples Movement, All Progressives Congress, Labour Party and Peoples Democratic Party.

He said, “Seven political parties who submitted their forms will take part in this election. The election will take place in 4519 polling units in 192 wards in the state. 18 local government chairmen and 192 councillors seats will be contested for across the state.

“In order to ensure adequate security, before, during and after the election, the commission engaged relevant security agencies in the state, while we interacted with the electorate and other stakeholders to ensure the success of the exercise.