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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on Saturday March 30, 2024 displayed the list of political parties candidate for the upcoming election in Edo state.
INEC displayed the list of candidates of 17 political parties vying for the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.
The State Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, displayed the list at the INEC office in Benin City.
However, the displayed list showed that the Commission dumped Barrister Anderson Uwadiae Asemota, the candidate of the Alhaji Lamidi Apapa-led faction of the Labour Party, (LP) for Barrister Olumide Akpata of the Julius Abure-led camp of the party.
It would be recalled that the Apapa faction of the LP had in a letter dated February 22, 2024 and addressed to the National Chairman of INEC, submitted Anderson Uwadiae Asemota and Barrister Monday Ojore Mawah, as the candidate and running mate of the party, respectively.
The candidates listed by the Commission are Mr Uwaifo Osaro, Action Alliance (AA), Aner Abdullai Aliu, Social Democratic Party (SDP), Azena Azemhe Friday, New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP), Osifo Isaiah, All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Ugiagbe Odaro Syvelster, All People Movement (APM) and Areleogbe Amos Osalumese, All Peoples Party (APP).
Others are Akhime kingson Afere, Action Democratic Party (ADP), Udoh Obersifo David, African Action Congress (AAC), Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena, Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), Ighodalo Asuerinme, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Osirame Edeipo, Boot party (BP), Enabulele Bright, Accord party (AP), Obazele Paul Agbone, African Democratic Congress (ADC), Olumide Akpata, Labour Party (LP), Okpebholo Monday, All Progressives Congress (APC), Key Patience Ndidi, People Redemption Party (PRP), and Okungbowa Paul Ovbokhan, Young Progressive Party (YPP).