Edo Gets Date For Council Election

The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission has fixed March 3 for the conduct of local government election in the state.

The commission’s Chairman, Prof. Stanley Orobator, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Benin.

Orobator said other details concerning conduct of the poll would be released after meeting with members with the political parties and other stakeholders on Monday.

He also said nomination forms for chairmanship and councillorship positions had been fixed for N250,000 and N50,000 respectively.

Meantime, the All Progressives Congress in the state said it would commence the process for the conduct of primaries for its aspirants in earnest.The state Secretary of the party, Lawrence Okah, said the party had begun preparations for the elections.

Okah said: “We are already working hard for the elections because we are ready to consolidate on Governor Godwin Obaseki’s victory in the state.”

Similarly, the state chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party said it had yet to get information concerning the elections from EDSIEC.

According to the state Publicity Secretary, Chris Nehikhare: “I can only speak of what I know of.

“We are yet to be communicated.”