The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has assured the people of Edo State of a free, fair, and credible governorship election on Saturday.
The state’s INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr. Johnson Sinikiem, gave the assurance during a stakeholders’ meeting in Benin, the state capital, on Monday.
The INEC boss also disclosed that the electoral umpire was ready for the conduct of the Saturday’s election.
He said: “We monitored the primaries of the 15 political parties, out of which 14 submitted the names of candidates to the commission by the expiration of the deadline.
“We have received all non-sensitive materials, and have trained the various categories of staff for the election.
“We have given out voters’ register to the 14 political parties as mandated in Section 20 of the 2010 Electoral Act, as Amended.
” We are just waiting for the receipt of sensitive materials this week, and then the election goes on as scheduled.”
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