The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) have stated that INEC should move the Edo elections slated for the 28th of September to another date.
The party said that this is because of the 2016 November/December West African Senior School Certificate Examinations in the state that should be accommodated and APGA has said that they plan to petition INEC to postpone the elections.
Mr. Osaro Onaiwu, who is contesting under the APGA banner said the September 28 date was not feasible because some students were expected to write Physics practical, Food Nutrition 1 and 2 papers and two other papers on that day.
Onaiwu said that holding the elections on that day would prevent people from voting for his party as they would be involved with the examinations.
He said that the elections should be moved to the 1st of October.
Onaiwu said: “On Wednesday 28, there is Physics. After the holidays, I think I am going to do a letter to WAEC and INEC, alerting them that (September) 28 is not convenient. We must accommodate those people writing exams.
“They should take it (exam) to October 1. There is nothing wrong if we do the election on Independence Day, as long as we must have a governor that would be sworn in on November 12.”