EDO Governorship Election: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu, others to sign peace accord Tuesday

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said on Thursday all the governorship candidates for the September 19 political election in Edo State would sign a peace agreement.

Yakubu, who revealed this during the every day media preparation of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja, said the activity would take next Tuesday.

He likewise unveiled that around 17,000 specially appointed staff would be enlisted for the political race

Governorship Candidates Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and his counterpart of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, are among the competitors partaking in the political decision.

Yakubu stated: “I can just guarantee you of the endeavors that we are making to guarantee there is no viciousness. A little while prior, we were in Benin City.

“What did we go there to do? First to talk with authorities of INEC. Also, I welcomed the discretionary officials from all the 18 nearby government zones to our gathering.

“From there on, I had a commitment with the agents of all the security offices in Benin, from the Police to the SSS to the Security and Civil Defense, even the Prison Service and the Fire Service.

“We had a commitment with the State COVID-19 Response in Benin. And afterward, we visited his highness, the Oba of Benin. At that gathering, his highness guaranteed us that he was going to welcome a portion of the competitors in the political race and address them on the significance of tranquil direct and I am glad to state that he did that.

“However, also, I conveyed a message to his regal grandness from the National Peace Committee drove by our good previous head of state, General Abdulsalami Abubakar.

“The National Peace Committee simply like INEC and each honest Nigerian is additionally worried about the dread of brutality in races. And afterward, the National Peace Committee is arranging the marking of a prominent international agreement in Benin on Tuesday one week from now.

“Along these lines, we leave for Benin this end of the week. We will hold a partners’ gathering with all the competitors and gatherings, common society gatherings, the media, everyone, on Monday. At that point, on Tuesday, we will currently observe the marking of the international agreement.

“I trust that these endeavors that we are making will prompt the sort of result that we are discussing.”