{"id":53055,"date":"2016-09-09T06:21:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-09T05:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=53055"},"modified":"2016-09-09T06:21:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-09T05:21:06","slug":"edo-election-inec-merely-postponed-apcs-defeat-dokpesi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/edo-election-inec-merely-postponed-apcs-defeat-dokpesi\/","title":{"rendered":"EDO ELECTION: INEC has merely Postponed APC\u2019s Defeat&#8230;&#8230;Dokpesi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chieftain and frontline contender for National Chairman of Peoples<br \/>\nDemocratic Party\u00a0 {PDP }, Chief\u00a0 Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi has described the<br \/>\ndecision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, {INEC } to<br \/>\npostpone Edo Governorship Election as \u201cunfortunate\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by Omor Bazuaye, Media Aide to Raymond Dokpesi Campaign<br \/>\nOrganisation, Dokpesi said it is a shame that once again Nigerians are<br \/>\nsubjected to this kind of gross impunity and flagrant abuse of power that<br \/>\nis currently being exhibited.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi received\u00a0 information about the postponement just as he led a last<br \/>\nminute campaign for candidate of PDP, Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu in Etsako<br \/>\nEast; taking the campaign and the message of a better future from his own<br \/>\nward 1 deep into zone 4.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi said what INEC had done was to postpone PDP\u2019s victory at the polls<br \/>\nand delay the inevitable defeat of the ruling All Progressives Congress<br \/>\n{APC} in the state.<\/p>\n<p>He said no matter how many times and how long INEC postpones the election,<br \/>\nthe people in his Etsako East have rejected APC and have made up their<br \/>\nminds to vote PDP.<\/p>\n<p>Dokpesi visited Oshiolo Village where he met with the village head,\u00a0 Chief<br \/>\nAgaye Izobor.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign trail then journeyed to Ekwotsor where it was received by a<br \/>\nlarge crowd of party supporters before moving on to other neighbouring<br \/>\nvillages like Agiere and Weppa.<\/p>\n<p>INEC has fixed a new date of <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1882633538\"><span class=\"aQJ\">September 28<\/span><\/span> for the election which was<br \/>\npreviously fixed for <span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1882633539\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday September 10<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chieftain and frontline contender for National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party\u00a0 {PDP }, Chief\u00a0 Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi has described the decision of the Independent National Electoral Commission, {INEC } to&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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