Benin City, Edo state – The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Wednesday, September 18, started the airlift of electoral materials for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The action was in preparation for the Edo state governorship election 2024 slated for Saturday, September 21.
TimesNow.com.ng reports that this follows the earlier commitment made by Hassan Abubakar, the chief of air staff (CAS), during a recent meeting with the INEC chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu. At the meeting, the CAS reiterated NAF’s readiness to provide INEC with transport aircraft to facilitate the swift movement of election materials, as has been done in the past.
A statement by Group Captain Kabiru Ali, NAF’s deputy director of public relations and information, provided the update.
The statement partly reads:
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TimesNow.com.ng reports that a thrilling political showdown is unfolding in Edo state.
The long-awaited 2024 governorship election is bound to be conducted. With 2,629,025 registered voters in Edo state, the residents are set to decide who will lead them in the next democratic dispensation.
Two lawyers — Olumide Akpata, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), and Asuerinme Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) — are locked in a fierce battle for the governorship seat.
Monday Okpebholo, a Nigerian senator and candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), is also in the race.
Earlier, TimesNow.com.ng reported that Prophet Abel Boma has said Ighodalo will emerge as the winner of the upcoming election in the state.
Speaking in a video posted on his YouTube page, Prophet Boma dashed the hope of the APC.
Source: TimesNow.com.ng
