The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced that governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States will take place on September 19 and October 10, 2020, respectively.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said this on Thursday at a press conference in Abuja.
Prof Yakubu also announced that the commission has deregistered 74 political parties, bringing the number of political parties left to 18.
The successful parties are Accord Party, Action Alliance, African Action Congress, African Democratic Congress, All Progressives Congress, All Progressives Grand Alliance, and Allied Peoples Movement.
Others are Labour Party, New Nigeria Peoples Party, National Rescue Movement, Peoples Democratic Party, Peoples Redemption Party, Social Democratic Party, Young Progressives Party, and Zenith Labour Party.
Yakubu said the deregistered parties did not satisfy the requirement but one went to court
