Ahead of the September governorship election in Edo State,
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Resident Electoral
Commissioner in the state, Dr Johnson Alalibo Samikiem has disclosed that a
total number of one million, seven hundred and thirty five thousand, nine
hundred and ten permanent voters’ cards have been collected, while four hundred
and eighty three thousand, eight hundred and sixty eight are yet to be collected.
Speaking to newsmen after a closed-door meeting in Benin
city, the state capital, Dr Samikiem said the inter-agency consultative
committee on election security meeting with heads of the various security
agencies in the state was necessary as part of ways to synergize.
While giving a breakdown of the total number of permanent
voters’ cards collected so far, he said the 2019 election register will be used
for the Edo State 2020 Governorship election.
“For now, the Commission has no plan on carrying out the
continuous voter registration, we are going to use the data from the 2019
register,” he said.
The REC also appealed to the various key players in the Edo
politics not to see the governorship election as a do or die exercise, which he
said was the foundation of election violence.
“Election is not a do or die exercise, Edo people should
come and vote in their choice, they should remember that there is life after
election, so as a Commission we expect the voter to comport themselves in a
manner that speaks positively,” he added.
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