Africa Press-Nigeria:
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Saturday published the final list of candidates for the September 19 governorship election in Edo State.
The commission disclosed this in a statement issued by its National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, in Abuja.
The list published by the commission showed that 12 out of the 14 political governorship candidates were male while two were female.
Also only two of the deputy governorship candidates were female.
The two female governorship candidates were Mabel Oboh of African Democratic Congress (ADC), and Agol Tracy of New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP).
The two female deputy governorship candidates were Mogbelehan Pauline of Labour Party (LP) and Omion Omonye of Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Okoye said the commission displayed the list of the candidates at its offices in Benin and the 18 local government areas of the state.
