{"id":361985,"date":"2025-08-06T20:49:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:49:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=361985"},"modified":"2025-08-06T20:53:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:53:31","slug":"labour-party-will-not-participate-in-edo-by-elections-says-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/06\/labour-party-will-not-participate-in-edo-by-elections-says-inec\/","title":{"rendered":"Labour Party will not participate in Edo by-elections, says INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>He also revealed that, of the 719,504 registered voters across the seven local government areas where the by-elections will take place, 101,617 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, remain uncollected<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The Labour Party will not take part in the upcoming National Assembly by-elections in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/08\/06\/how-i-lost-898-million-femi-otedola\/\">Edo State<\/a>, scheduled for next week, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has stated.<\/p>\n<p>The commission said the Party was disqualified from participating in the election because it did not formally inform it about its intention to contest the election.<\/p>\n<p>The state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Prof Anugbum Onuoha, who made this known while addressing newsmen in Benin on Wednesday also said INEC did not monitor the party\u2019s primary.<\/p>\n<p>This clarification comes amid claims by the Labour Party that Paul Okojie had been nominated as its candidate for the Edo Central senatorial seat.<\/p>\n<p>According to INEC, a total of nine political parties successfully submitted candidates for the elections, which will fill vacant seats in the Edo Central Senatorial District and the Ovia Federal Constituency.<\/p>\n<p>The position became vacant following the emergence of Senator Monday Okpebholo and Hon. 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In some cases, we arrived at venues, but the locations were shut, and no activity took place,\u201d Onuoha explained.<\/p>\n<p>The nine political parties cleared to participate in the by-elections include Action Alliance, AA; African Democratic Congress, ADC; All Progressives Congress, APC; Allied Peoples Movement, APM; Action Peoples Party, APP; Action Democratic Party, ADP; New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP; Peoples Democratic Party, PDP; and Zenith Labour Party, ZLP.<\/p>\n<p>Onuoha assured residents of the commission\u2019s readiness to conduct a free, fair and credible election, stating that non-sensitive election materials have already been deployed, and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, has been fully configured.<\/p>\n<p>He also revealed that, of the 719,504 registered voters across the seven local government areas where the by-elections will take place, 101,617 Permanent Voter Cards, PVCs, remain uncollected.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing calls from the PDP for his redeployment, the Edo REC dismissed the concerns and urged the media to support INEC in ensuring a credible process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if your relative is appointed to INEC, he cannot compromise the system. 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