Frontline Contenders in the upcoming Edo state Elections, Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress, APC and Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP will be signing a peace accord on Tuesday next week ahead of the September 19th Guber Elections.
This was announced by the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,Prof Mahmood Yakubu on Thursday during a briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja.
Mahmood said that about 17,000 ad hoc staff would be recruited for the election, noting that the PTF guidelines and safety measures would be strictly obeyed as the commission was going to operate a ‘no face mask, no voting policy’ at the poll.
