From Our Correspondent
Finally, the die is cast, now no political party can withdraw or substitute any of the nominated candidates for this year’s governorship election in Edo State as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the final list of candidates for the election.
INEC Chairman, Mahmood Yakubu
Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, disclosed this in a statement yesterday.
Okoye confirmed that with the publication of the final list of candidates, no political party can now withdraw or substitute any of the nominated candidates already approved by INEC.
Meanwhile, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State,has admitted that he made a wrong choice in his former Deputy, Agboola Ajayi, who has now defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Akeredolu stated this while meeting party delegates in Igbekebo in Ese-Odo council area, ahead of the primaries on Monday.
The Governor said he was happy that Ajayi showed his true colours, describing his exit from APC as ‘a cleansing.’
