The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, says at the close of nominations at 6pm on Monday, June 29, 2020, 14 political parties used the dedicated online portal of the Commission to submit the list of candidates that emerged from their primaries.
This is contained in a statement issued by the National Commissioner and Chairperson, Communications and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, after a meeting to deliberate on several issues including the Edo and Ondo end of tenure Governorship Elections as well as the Nasarawa Central State Constituency bye-election.
The Commission said in accordance with the Timetable and Schedule of Activities released on February 6, 2020, 15 political parties signified their intention to conduct primaries for the nomination of their candidates for the Edo Governorship election, noting that The conduct of the primaries by political parties ended on June 27, 2020. The Commission however did not provide the name of the political party that could not nominate a candidate after notifying it of its planned primaries.
The statement said the provisional list of the candidates disaggregated on the basis of name, gender, age and qualification has been uploaded on its website and social media platforms.
It said as required by law, the particulars of the nominated candidates will be displayed at the Edo State office of the Commission and simultaneously uploaded on its website on Thursday July 2, 2020.
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The Commission encourages members of the public to go through the nomination forms, affidavits and documents submitted by the parties on behalf of their candidates, as any person who has reasonable grounds to believe that any information in the affidavit or any document submitted by any candidate is false, may file a suit at the Federal High Court, High Court of a State or the FCT against such a candidate seeking a declaration that the information contained in the affidavit is false.
It adds that the final list of duly nominated candidates will be published on August 13, 2020 after withdrawals by candidates and substitution by their political parties.
(Editor: Terverr Tyav)
