The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has postponed the Edo State governorship primary election scheduled to Friday, June 19 and Saturday, June 20, 2020.
Spokesman of the PDP, Kola Ologbodiyan, in a tweet on Thursday evening said, the new date for the governorship primary in Edo is Tuesday, June 23.
Ologbodiyan stated that, “The decision is predicated on exigencies of party activities. All governorship aspirants, critical stakeholders, party faithful and our teeming supporters, particularly in Edo state, are to take note accordingly.
“Our party wishes to remind our members that all activities shall be in accordance with the Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC)’s guidelines on COVID -19, as it concerns social/physical distancing at public gatherings.”