The Edo state high court has declared the compulsory deposit of N100,000 by Edsiec the Edo state electoral commission illegal.And has ordered Edsiec to refund all the monies collected from candidates. In this context many candidates were disqualified because they could not pay the mandatory deposit demanded by Edsiec and since the court has said it was illegal these candidate did not have the opportunity to participate in the polls and have been illegally excluded from the polls. Many parties that held good credible primaries for their candidates to emerge for local government chairmen and Councillors particularly of the SDP, NCP and other political parties were shortchanged and edged out because they could not afford to pay the illegal extortion of Edsiec. Our consultations with Legal practitioners says these set od excluded candidates could seek annulment of the polls in a high cout in the state pleading for inclusion and this will translate to the total annulment of the Edo LG Polls and a call for fresh polls so that these set of credible candidates can be included in the new polls.
Patrick Lagata
Reporter National Peoples News
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