INEC Clears 19 Governorship Candidates For September 10 Edo Poll

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that 19 governorship candidates of their respective political parties have been clear to participate in the September 10, 2016 governorship election in Edo State.
Head of Legal Services of the electoral body, Mathew Ugwuocha, who made the announcement in Benin, the Edo State capital on Monday, explained that, 15 male running mates and four female running mates were also cleared for the election.
He gave the names of the governorship candidates with female running mates as Thompson Osadolor of KOWA; Adviser Nowamagbe of UPP; Ishaka Ofemile of AA and Ukonga Frank of NNPP.
The running mates are Nancy Ewemade of AA; Florence Okundaye of KOWA; Okosun Davis of UPP and Emodogo Eweha of NNPP.
Other governorship candidates include Osagie Ize-Iyamu of PDP, with John Yakubu as running mate and Godwin Obaseki of APC, with Philip Shaibu, member of House of Representatives, as running mate. [myad]