Edo Election Shifted

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to shift the Edo state governorship election by two weeks, according to the Punch.  The election which was scheduled to hold on Saturday, September 10, was postponed following a security meeting held in Benin, the Edo state capital in the evening on Thursday.

A top official of the commission has disclosed that the chairman of the INEC, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, and other national officials of the commission are planning to communicate news about the election postponement to a press conference shortly.