{"id":131113,"date":"2024-09-16T23:21:18","date_gmt":"2024-09-16T22:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality"},"modified":"2024-09-17T00:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T23:25:44","slug":"edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality","title":{"rendered":"Edo Decides: Diaspora community seeks INEC neutrality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Edo Diaspora community has called on the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to demonstrate professionalism and impartiality during the 21 September governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Director-General of the Diaspora for Asue\/Ogie Campaign Council, Raymond Osaremen, while addressing newsmen on Monday in Benin, expressed concerns over voter intimidation,<\/p>\n<p>Osaremen tasked the authorities to ensure a free, fair, and transparent election.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasised that the role of security agencies was to protect citizens and maintain public order, not to instil fear or interfere with the voting process.<\/p>\n<p>Osaremen urged INEC to ensure a credible election and called for adequate training and equipment for its officers to manage the election transparently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here today to express our concerns regarding voter intimidation and the role of security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf left unaddressed, these concerns risk undermining the very foundations of our democracy and eroding the trust that the people have placed in the electoral system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cExercise your democratic rights fully, knowing that the future of our state and country lies in your hands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge you to report any instances of voter intimidation or malpractices to the relevant authorities,\u201d he emphasised.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Edo Diaspora community has called on the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to demonstrate professionalism and impartiality during the 21 September governorship election in the state. Deputy Director-General of the Diaspora for Asue\/Ogie Campaign Council, Raymond Osaremen, while addressing newsmen on Monday in Benin, expressed concerns over [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":131112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[14778,251,254],"class_list":["post-131113","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo-decides","tag-inec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Edo Decides: Diaspora community seeks INEC neutrality - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Edo Diaspora community has called on the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo Decides: Diaspora community seeks INEC neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Edo Diaspora community has called on the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-09-16T22:21:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-09-16T23:25:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726516513.212922.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1432\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1312\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Edo Decides: Diaspora community seeks INEC neutrality\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-09-16T22:21:18+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-09-16T23:25:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/09\/sm_1726516513.212922.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo decides\",\"INEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-decides-diaspora-community-seeks-inec-neutrality\",\"name\":\"Edo Decides: Diaspora community seeks INEC neutrality - 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