The Independent National Electoral Commission has rejected the name of candidate submitted for the governorship election of Edo State by the Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the Peoples Democratic Party.

The commission said that it decided to reject the list based on the fact that it didn’t monitor the primary that produced the faction’s governorship candidate, Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekwemwen.
Deputy Director in charge of Publicity and Voters’ Education at the commission’s headquarters, Mr. Nick Dazang, stated this in a text message to our correspondent late on Tuesday night.
He said that the commission had accepted the name submitted by the Chairman of the party’s National Caretaker Committee, Sen. Ahmed Makarfi.

Pastor Ize Iyamu is the candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the party.

He said that the commission had received names of governorship candidates from 18 other political parties, apart from the PDP.
He said, “As at this evening, we received 19 candidates from 19 political parties for the Edo governorship election.
“This includes the candidate of the Makarfi-led faction of the PDP. We received the candidate of the Makarfi-led faction because of the Port Harcourt Court judgement plus the fact that we monitored its primaries.”

Other political parties listed include AA, ACD, ACPN, APC, APGA, LP, MPPP, NCP, NNPP, PDC, PPA, PPN, SDP, UPP and YDP.

The two factions had on Monday submitted names of their governorship candidates for the state to the to the commission.

Both men and their followers are currently locked in legal battle over the leadership of the opposition party.

The deadline for the submission of names of governorship candidates by political parties for the governorship election according to the timetable released by the commission was midnight of Tuesday.

The election holds on September 10.
Spokesperson for the Sheriff camp, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, had told our correspondent on the telephone that the party has done the needful.
Deputy National Chairman of the group, Dr. Cairo Ojugboh, said his faction was relying on the court order that ordered that only the Sheriff group should be allowed to submit names of candidates for the Edo and Ondo governorship elections.

He said he was sure that the candidate that emerged at the primary conducted by the Sheriff faction, Mr. Matthew Iduoriyekwemwen, would make the INEC final list.

He said his faction would contest the action of the commission, adding that the pronouncement by the court was clear in the matter.

http://punchng.com/edo-gov-inec-rejects-sheriffs-lists/

Shameless politicians!

INEC is being Fairr. INEC did d right tin

Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

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That sheriff na mumu man seriously.

PDP house of drama.
well let's wait and see what Sherif faction will say because I know this is not anywhere over yet

Na wa o.

No sense

Empty brains everywhere.

The last time I was taught by my government teacher, Senators are meant to make laws and not to submit stupid list to Independent body called INEC .

When will these people receive sense abeg

omaiyale:
Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

How was he used

Good

i see some persons ending up in the hospital this early.
this news is so heartbreaking.1

Behind Sheriff? Un a go rey there o

omaiyale:
Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

Sheriff should give it up and allow peace to reign

PDP my foot

pdp state loading..... PDP POWER!!

This people are just doing as if they are not gonna die anu longer... Leading us always i the right part, or which one is two faction in a party fighting for who will become the governor. This wouldn't be the case if the put the well being of the masses as their No1 priority


Anyways, next please!

omaiyale:
Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

Who are the we/you?
What do you/we have at stake in PDP?

This sheriff sef

We know he's a mold in pdp.

omaiyale:
Sherrif can not be used by Wike, Fayose, Mimiko etal, and be disposed like a packet of Cigrate.
We are solidly behind him

shame never start catch u........beans

SeverusSnape:
That sheriff na mumu man seriously.

It may not be his fault. Maybe those who sent him did not do their homework properly.

All this one is just noise abeg,Does sheriff candidates need inec..let assume pdp wins the governorship election which isn't possible and the appeal court or supreme gives sheriff his right,the other candidate is gone

this sheriff nr go rest sef

Ize-Iyamu, victory everywhere u go

Wailers will not like this one bit!

Slymonster:
All this one is just noise abeg,Does sheriff candidates need inec..let assume pdp wins the governorship election which isn't possible and the appeal court or supreme gives sheriff his right,the other candidate is gone

Lol see hope abi na hopelessness

tuale4u:
INEC is being Fairr. INEC did d right tin

you just ate your vomit. Go back and check your post yesterday on this same issue

Sheriff should jst embrace peace @ this point.

blackpanda:
Wailers will not like this one bit!

Chai severusnape has really hit you hard that your zombeism is running anti clockwise