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The NWC has declared that the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki cannot hide under the guise of COVID-19 restriction of gatherings to not more than 20 persons to stop its direct primary.
It said the primary election is a constitutional obligation that is time bound and its conduct must override any local orders made by the state’s chief executive.
“The issue of the primary is a constitutional one. So, if we are implementing the Constitution as INEC has directed, there cannot be any order that can supersede that. That election must hold at a particular time and that a Government terminates at a particular time is a constitutional matter,” Issa-Onilu added.
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