WATCH LIVE: Edo Governorship Election security townhall (VIDEO)

Watch the 2024 Edo Governorship Election security townhall below.

Topnaija.ng reports that the Edo Governorship Election has been scheduled to hold Saturday, September 21.

Ahead of the Edo governorship election, stakeholders including the electoral umpire, political parties, security agencies, civil society organisations, and political observers, among others have gathered in Benin City, the state capital today Sunday, to further discussions on free and fair election.

Topnaija.ng reports that the Edo Governorship Election town hall meeting, organised by Channels Television in partnership with the Kimpact Development Initiative and the UK International Development, provides the stage for no-holds-barred conversations on the election, especially in light of the Peace Accord fallout in the state last week.

All you need to about 2024 Edo Governorship Election security townhall meeting

Seventeen political parties are fielding candidates in the poll. Analysts have described the forthcoming poll as a three-horse race involving Asue Ighodalo of the People Democratic Party (PDP), Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP).

Akpata is a former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA); while Ighodalo, former Chairman of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG); secured the endorsement of the incumbent governor, Godwin Obaseki, who shunned his deputy and party man, Philip Shaibu. Shaibu and former governor Adams Oshiomhole have pledged their support for Okpebholo.
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Over 2.6 million registered voters from 18 local government areas are to decide the next governor of the South-South state.

WATCH LIVE: Edo Governorship Election security townhall