{"id":133629,"date":"2024-10-09T14:53:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T13:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection"},"modified":"2024-10-09T16:00:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T15:00:16","slug":"edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","title":{"rendered":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices used in the contentious Edo State governorship election.<\/p>\n

This decision came amid public protests by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.<\/p>\n

An earlier move by the legal team to the PDP candidate Dr. Asue Ighodalo to inspect the materials were scuttled.<\/p>\n

However, in a letter dated October 8, 2024, INEC\u2019s Resident Electoral Commissioner for Edo State, Dr. Anugbom Onuoha, refuted earlier allegations that the Commission had refused access to the critical materials.<\/p>\n

He emphasised that INEC remained committed to transparency and integrity in the electoral process and assured that the inspection is scheduled for October 9, 2024, at 10:00 am, at the INEC Headquarters in Edo State.<\/p>\n

Speaking on the development, the State Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Anthony Aziegbemin, called it \u201ca win for democracy and the rule of law,\u201d while thanking the people of Edo State for their steadfast support.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to thank all those who came out to protest in support of Ighodalo\u2019s quest to reclaim his stolen mandate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I have lost faith in the police and INEC, who I believe colluded with the APC to steal the election, I have absolute confidence in the judiciary.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey will do right by the people of Edo State and uphold their decision to elect Asue as their governor.\u201d<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) devices used in the contentious Edo State governorship election. This decision came amid public protests by members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. An earlier move by the legal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":133628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[12578,251,254],"class_list":["post-133629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-edo-guber","tag-inec","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"\nEdo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...\" \/>\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-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"585\" \/>\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-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\"},\"wordCount\":259,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Edo guber\",\"INEC\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\",\"name\":\"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg\",\"width\":1170,\"height\":585,\"caption\":\"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection - Nigeria","description":"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection","og_description":"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":585,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection","datePublished":"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection"},"wordCount":259,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg","keywords":["Edo guber","INEC","Nigeria"],"articleSection":["all news","Policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection","name":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-09T13:53:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-09T15:00:16+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has agreed to allow the inspection of the election materials and th ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/10\/sm_1728473382.127568.jpg","width":1170,"height":585,"caption":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-inec-bows-to-pressure-agrees-to-election-materials-inspection#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Edo guber: INEC bows to pressure, agrees to election materials inspection"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/cfeditoren"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}