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In a statement on Tuesday by its National Publicity Secretary, Felix Morka, the ruling party said a new primary election will be held on Thursday to determine its authentic flagbearer for the governorship election in the state scheduled for September.
Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodimma who was the chairman of the Edo primary election committee, had declared Dennis Idahosa, a member of the House of Representatives, as the winner of the contest, having polled 40,483 votes to defeat other governorship hopefuls in the race.
Following the announcement, the returning officers in local government areas in the state came up with another result and announced Sunday Dekeri, a lawmaker representing Etsako federal constituency in the House of Representatives, as the winner.
The party’s National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje was forced to convene an emergency meeting of the National Working Committee (NWC) on Tuesday and following the meeting, Morka announced that the NWC had resolved that the Edo State governorship primary election was inconclusive.
