The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Sunday, held its ward delegates election to elect the three adhoc delegates across each of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) and 192 wards in Edo.
A statement by the State Organising Secretary of the party in Edo, Mr Anthony Anenih Jnr, said that the electoral officers, who concluded the elections had handed over the results to the electoral committee set up by the National Working Committee (NWC) of the party.
Anenih noted that the process was observed by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and various civil society groups.
He said that the election was reported to be mostly peaceful across the state with only one incident at Jattu, where eight of the officials heading to Etsako Central Local Government for the election were allegedly abducted.
“The party hereby calls on the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to order a swift investigation of the incident and promptly ensure the release of the affected officials.
“The Edo State chapter of the PDP by this medium, expresses profound gratitude to leaders of our great party.
“The National Working Committee expresses profound gratitude to the Ward Electoral Committee and all organs of the party for their keen supervision of this process that has resulted in a successful ward delegate election,” he said.
However, it was reported that 9 of the 10 aspirants who would face the delegates soon to know who would fly the flag of the party allegedly claimed that large-scale irregularities we’re perpetrated and that the result of the delegate election may not reflect the will of the people.
