Edo opposition parties raise alarm over destruction of billboards, campaign materials

Opposition parties successful Edo State person raised the alarm implicit the alleged demolition of their billboards and run materials arsenic governmental parties hole for the 2027 wide elections.

DAILY POST reports that the absorption parties raised the interest astatine a stakeholders’ forum convened by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, successful Benin City.

They expressed interest implicit alleged intimidation, demolition of run materials and different acts susceptible of undermining peaceful information successful the wide elections.

They, however, urged information agencies to stay impartial and guarantee adjacent extortion for each governmental parties before, during and aft the elections.

Speaking astatine the event, the Edo State Chairman of the Labour Party, Ms Helen Uwangue, said the lack of consequences for electoral offences had encouraged repeated violations.

Uwangue urged information agencies to support absorption parties from intimidation, noting that they had suffered specified experiences successful the past.

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