Edo Guber: No Extension of Dates for Primaries, INEC Tells Parties via thisdaylive
By Chuks Okocha in Abuja
The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, gave the warning Wednesday during a meeting with security chiefs to adopt the security code of conduct for all security personnel covering the Edo state governorship election. “Already, the Commission has published the date and mode of primaries for each of the fifteen political parties that indicated their intention to participate in the election.”
Under the timeline, African Alliance would hold its primary between June 25 and 26 and the mode is indirect. AAC would hold its primary on June 25 and the mode is indirect. ADC would hold its own on June 27 and the mode of election is indirect primary.APC would hold its governorship primary on June 22 and the mode of election is direct election, while the All Progressives Grand Alliance would conduct its primary on June 25, using the indirect system.
Speaking on the eligibility of candidates to contest the governorship, Prof. Yakubu said, “Arising from our experience in managing the nomination of candidates for the last two Governorship elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States, it is important to draw the attention of political parties to the four mandatory requirements for eligibility of candidates for Governorship elections enshrined in Section 177 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 .
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