The party stated this while declaring that the gubernatorial primary will hold on September 10, adding that sale and return of expression on interest form will begin August 17 and end on August 24. The election is billed in hold on November 21.
Addressing a press conference after the weekly National Working Committee, NWC, meeting, PDP National Organising Secretary, Abubakar Mustapha, assured that there will be no imposition of candidate during their primaries.
He said: “We are ready to conduct credible, free and fair primaries to select credible candidate. There will be no imposition of candidate. People will be put to man the system to see that it is free, fair and credible.”
Asked if the incumbent governor would be offered automatic ticket for the November 21 poll, Mustapha said an emphatic ‘no’.
He disclosed that screening of aspirants will be on August 27, and screening appeal will hold on August 29.
Ward congress for election of adhoc delegates will hold September 3, while ward congresses appeal will hold on September 5. Gubernatorial election appeal is scheduled for September 12.
He also disclosed that Edo state PDP has notified the national secretariat that the tenure of ward, local government and state executive of the party will expire on September 1.
He therefore revealed that ward, local government and state elections will hold on September 10, 17 and 24 respectively.
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