Thursday, 8 September 2016

Breaking News: INEC to go ahead with Edo election despite security concerns.

The Edo State governorship election is to go ahead, sources in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC despite security concerns raised by the Police and the Department of State Services, DSS.
 Confidential sources told Vanguard on Thursday morning that the commission took the decision go ahead the Edo election after consultation with the security agencies and meetings among senior officials of INEC.
 Controversy stoked preparations for the Edo elections on Wednesday when the police and DSS issued a joint statement advising INEC to postpone the election on the claim that they had intelligence reports of a planned attack by insurgents or terrorists in some states between September 12 and 13.

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