BEVERLY HILLS, September 13, (THEWILL) – Governorship candidate of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) in the September 28 Gubernatorial election in Edo state, Mr. Osaro Onaiwu, has said that the elections be shifted again to October 1.
He argued that the governorship polls must be organized to accommodate candidates in the 2016 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in the state.
He revealed that he would petition the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on why the governorship election fixed forSeptember 28 must be postponed again saying there is nothing wrong in shifting the election further to October 1.
“The September 28 date was not feasible because some students were expected to write Physics practical, Food Nutrition 1 and 2 papers and two other papers on that day,” he said.
“The clash of dates would disenfranchise the students and also prevent them from voting for his party.
“On Wednesday 28, there is Physics. After the holidays, I think I am going to do a letter to WAEC and INEC, alerting them that 28 is not convenient. We must accommodate those people writing exams.
“They should take it to October 1. There is nothing wrong if we do the election on Independence Day, as long as we must have a governor that would be sworn in on November 12.”
Story by David Oputah
