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Edo 2024: Shaibu Missing As INEC Lists Candidates Of 17 Parties To Contest Guber Poll (FULL LIST)
Shaibu’s name is not sound in the list of candidates released by INEC to contest for the Edo 2024 governorship election.
Shaibu’s name is not sound in the list of candidates released by INEC to contest for the Edo 2024 governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has released the names of candiates to contest for the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
VerseNews reports that the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) of INEC in Edo, Dr. Anugbum Onuoha, led other top officials of the commission to display the list on the notice board of its state headquarters on Benin-Ekpoma-Auchi Road, Aduwawa, Benin, and would also be available at all INEC’s offices in the 18 local government areas of the state.
The list has seventeen political parties that will contest for the election and the standard bearers of the parties, with one of them to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki on November 12 this year.
However, this Online News Media learnt that the name of the deputy governor, Philip Shaibu is include in the released list of names.
List of candidates names for Edo 2024 election
Below are names of candidates and their respective parties for the 2024
- Action Alliance (AA) – Uwaifo Osaro
- Social Democratic Party (SDP) – Aner Abdullai Aliu
- New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) – Azena Azemhe Friday
- All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) – Osifo Isiah
- All People Movement (APM) – Ugiagbe Odaro Syvelster
- All Peoples Party (APP) – Areleogbe Amos Osalumese
- Action Democratic Party (ADP) – Akhime kingson Afere
- African Action Congress (AAC) – Udoh Obersifo David
- Zenith Labour Party (ZLP) is Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena
- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – Asuerinme Ighodalo
- Boot Party (BP) – Osirame Edeipo
- Accord Party (AP) – Enabulele Bright
- African Democratic Congress (ADC) – Obazele Paul Agbone
- Labour Party (LP) – Olumide Akpata Anthony
- All Progressives Congress (APC) – Monday Okpebholo
- People Redemption Party (PRP) – Key Patience Ndidi, and
- Young Progressive Party (YPP) – Okungbowa Paul Ovbokhan.
The REC of INEC in Edo also disclosed that the electoral commission would publish the personal particulars of the 17 governorship candidates and their deputies, by displaying copies of Form EC9, along with all academic credentials and other documents submitted by each candidate at its state headquarters and the 18 local government offices in Edo.
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