The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, EDO State Chapter held ward congresses across the state’s 192 wards on weekdays to elect ad-hoc delegates ahead of the party primaries.
Dr. Kingsley Emu, Chairman of the Edo PDP Ward Congress Electoral Committee, told the State Working Committee at the party office in Benin City before the start of the event that the ward congresses will produce 576 ad-hoc delegates from the state’s 192 wards.
Officials from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, oversaw the exercise in all 192 wards of Edo State.
In accordance with the party’s guidelines, each ward was anticipated to produce three ad-hoc delegates, according to the chairman.
Emu said: “The process starts from the ward. We have 192 wards in Edo State and 18 LGAs and the congress is expected to produce 576 delegates for the election with one national delegate from every council.
“When we say the processes start from the ward, it means that there shall be congresses in each ward as every ward is expected to produce its ad-hoc delegate.
“The report is then forwarded to the Local Government Monitoring Committee and sent to the state secretariat where the final collation is done.
“The voters must be card carrying members of the PDP. Their cards are not bound to be signed by the wards’ chairmen and secretaries; so long they have been signed by the national, it is authentic.
“We are happy with the development here and have visited one or two locations where the congress is going on and we are here at the party secretariat for the collation; we will do it objectively.”
At press time, results from the election were still being awaited.
