Edo State Governorship Election: Swiped! Accreditation Cards For Journalists 'Delayed' As Election Nears

Attahiru Jega
By SaharaReporters, New York

Gen. Godwin Abbe, Other PDP Chieftains Take Over INEC Office.

 Over 250 local and foreign journalists assigned to cover Saturday's governorship election in Edo State found their short-term accreditation cards 'unavailable', from the Public Affairs union of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Sahara Reporters has exclusively learned.

Sources told SaharaReporters they believed that the election body secretly dished out the cards meant for journalists to chieftains of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), who turned them over to their agents, raising suspicions that the agents might masquerade as journalists and rig the elections.
 
Apart from a few local journalists from government-owned media who received provisional accreditation tags, the majority of reporters seeking the official Press ID were told by Public Affair head, Mrs. Patience Sule, they were unavailable and to come back the following day.
 
Sahara’s sources said the exchange with Madam Sule was heated and insulting. The missing cards were said to have been reported to Kassim Giadam, the Resident Election Commissioner (REC).  Giadam is said to favor the PDP and allegedly helped them win the Adamawa State governorship in February this year.
 
Coincidentally, PDP chieftains Gen. Godwin Abbe, ex-defence minister; Mr. Imasue Lucky, ex-Edo State deputy governor, and others were seen in the area just as a long blue van with registration number, CW727-LDS appeared from the INEC headquarters to deliver ballot papers and other materials for the Saturday poll.
 
As frustration grew over the missing IDs, the new Edo State commissioner of police, Mr. Olufemi Adenaike addressed journalists and assured them of free and fair election come Saturday.

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our generations future

This is not about political party or tribalism it about the choice of the people and oshiomole is dat choice,in other for us to secure our generations and fight those who r power drunk and think the control everything the mistake they made was thinking they could change our wishes now let's show them the people will run's this state.VOTE OSHIOMOLE!!!

our generations future

This is not about political party or tribalism it about the choice of the people and oshiomole is dat choice,in other for us to secure our generations and fight those who r power drunk and think the control everything the mistake they made was thinking they could change our wishes now let's show them the people will run's this state.VOTE OSHIOMOLE!!!

GOD WILL DISGRACESS PDP HANDS DOWN" I SWEAR....

Don't be afraid of the devil"(Devil)" the almighty God will not let Oshomole down.

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there is noway PDP will win"

there is noway PDP will win this election and if they make any rough move the people of edo state will come out to fight back. and i believe that will lead to revolution in this country PDP as fair and we all know that, we can see the failure and we can also feel the pains. i want the federal government to get these string t. we the youth knows what we want and right now if anyone try to take it from us we'll fight back with full force thank you. God bless you and bless the federal republic of Nigeria.

there is noway PDP will win"

there is noway PDP will win this election and if they make any rough move the people of edo state will come out to fight back. and i believe that will lead to revolution in this country PDP as fair and we all know that, we can see the failure and we can also feel the pains. i want the federal government to get these string t. we the youth knows what we want and right now if anyone try to take it from us we'll fight back with full force thank you. God bless you and bless the federal republic of Nigeria.

fraud

Our constitution is fraud.

none

Our constitution is fraud

ACN is a lesser evil

PDP, ruled and destroyed Edo state for 8 years, through that wasteful lucky and fake lawyer Osunbor, am from Igbanke in Edo state, CAN has taken good governance to my people from the tales I hear from my mother from home.

How does Oshiomole control

How does Oshiomole control the security agencies? The commisioner of police reports to the Inspector General who in turn reports to the President even though the Governor wears the toga of chief security officer. Lets face it PDP is desperate to capture Edo state and Oshiomole is certainly not crying wolf!

what goes around

If ACN wins, it's free and fair. But if PDP wins, it's rigging... God helps Nigeria!

re-omonbendel

Am sorry to say that even those who cannot even make a complete sentence have the opportunity to contribute to sensitive issues such as the issues around the Edo gubernitorial election. I am not surprise that omonbendel cannot dwell on the issues raised. I expect that from one who cannot differentiate present from past.

Why are the A C N crying

Why are the A C N crying fouls when oshiomole controls 99.9 percent of security agencies in Edo State.

Nigerians, the long awaited nightmare is about to breakout!

Wild wild West of the 60's?
Now brace up for the inferno that PDP is brewing in the Wild, wilder and soon to be wildest, wildest Mid West!

Nigerians, the long awaited nightmare is about to breakout!

Relax my people, Edo people are very mature in voting...

Don't compare Edo people voting maturity to other docile states in the country..we are determine to cure the virus called PDP and kick them out of the state. we are prepared to sleep polling boot tommorrow and If possible go to any lenght in protecting our vote..EDO STATE IS PDP GRAVE YARD...PDP MY ASS

You are very correct my man.

You are very correct my man.

deployment of 3500 soldiers to Edo

The signs are clear,that the election n Edo is not going to be free and fair,if not why should that number of troops be posted to Edo? Even n Boko Haram ridden States of Borno,Yobe,Bauchi,Gombe,Kaduna,Kano and most recently,Plateau,did not see this sizeable number of troops as if Edo was at war.PDP is anti democracy and as such could go to any length.God should help Oshiomhole against this clueless PDP and its Leaders

Very true bro! Any attempt to

Very true bro! Any attempt to rig the election will be met with stiff opposition.

The Dead of PDP in Edo State

PDP IS DEAD IN EDO STATE!

PDP IN EDO WILL BE A MISFORTUNE

IT WILL BE REGRETABLE TO ALLOW PDP BACK IN GOVERNMENT HOUSE AGAIN AFTER THE WASTEFUL 8 YEARS OF IGBINEDION AND THE ONES OF OSUNBOR. ALL WELL MEANING PEOPLE OF EDO SHOULD UNITE AGAINST PDP NOT TO COME BACK. IT WILL BE A SERIOUS DRAW BACK TO ALLOW PDP BACK AGAIN IN EDO STATE.
IT IS VERY CLEAR THAT GEJ DOES NOT MEAN WELL FOR THIS NATION. HE IS JUST GRABING HERE AND THERE WITH THE FAMILY. GOD WILL NOT FORGIVE HIS GENERATION IF HE DOES NOT REPENT.

FREE AND FAIR ELECTION

If we all can walk together as 1 we can acheive our goal ,by making your vote count. Lets not be afriad to because our will surely count.people of Edo state lets vote for for the man who can trasform edo state

@papadonkey shut up

@papadonkey, certainly we dont deserve PDP. If ACN has one theif, PDP has 1 million theives, which is better? U dont have arguement there, we prefer ACN to PDP cos PDP is so large wit corruption that you cant fight them, leave us with Adams Oshiomole please, we know the billions of sins of Igbenedion etc, we dont want more... PDP is just a junk of fools who dont know what "service to the people" means. By the way, the house u talk about is not a billion naira house, it was built by NLC for him after he retired as president, only blinded ppl like you didnt see the achievements of oshiomole as NLC president to deserve such gift. He owned it before he became governor, so stop trying to deceive, we're no kids. ACN will shame PDP come tommorrow!

Poverty is waiting for u

How could u say such rubbish, how many years did PDP rule Edo state, with or without due process,how many roads were awarded and how many was constructed.
the earlier you see d truth and say it the better and quicker u leave poverty line.
Leave PDP with their demonic master Tony Anini

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When will the top officials be trutthful?

it is quite obvious that on no account will Nigerian have a credible ellection.

Pls all this money they lavish on the name of conducting a creadiable election but at d end they will rig it, is it not wise that they use it to buld factories so that our un-employed youths will get job.

Na wa o.

Pls saharareporters.dont hit the polity.you shouldn't bring us to war against ourselves.on the cause of your reporting.kindly take it easy.election will come and gone.we got to leave with easy and peace.for our God that brought us together no why.let there be word of peace from saharareporters.

Hell Will lose

If Pdp rigg this election benin nor go contain people oh. make una warn Anenih and the rest of others oh

Again, Baseless Allegations

Can you prove this, or is this another lie in the litany of lies that Adams has put out against the PDP?

"PDP drove a truck and tried to kill me" (then we find out the vehicle belongs to an ACN member)

"PDP killed my aide" then the police reveals that Olayitan was being pushed by Adams to contest in a bitter power tussle within the NLC

We are quick to dismiss his billion Naira country home, or the fact that billions of State resources are wasted on road contracts awarded without due process.

We pretend to be defenders of democracy, but we forgive Adams for wiping out AN ENTIRE TIER of Government: do you know that Edo State has not held local government elections in 4 years, instead Adams has put his friends as caretaker chairmen in the 18 LGAs? Do you know Adams continues to ignore a court judgement that has found this to be an illegality, and ruled that elections should be held?

We get the leaders we deserve, truly.

Edo State Governorship Election

Thank you SR for reporting and exposing this evil party call PDP. They will try all means to rig the election but will never succeed. The gods have spoken.