INEC bows to pressure, postpones Edo governorship election

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has agreed to postpone the Edo State governorship election scheduled to hold on Saturday september 1o by two weeks.

The decision to postpone the election was reached at a security meeting held in Benin, the Edo State capital this evening.

A national commissioner at the commission said the  Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, and other national officials of the commission are planning to address a press conference shortly.