EDO 2020: Obaseki Okays Stadium For PDP Primaries

By Matthew Ogune, Abuja

Edo state Governor Godwin Obaseki on Monday granted the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) approval to use the Samuel Ogbemudia Staduim for its governorship primaries billed for June 19 and 20.

Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Barrister Osarodion Ogie who conveyed the governor’s approval in a letter dated June 8, 2020, thanked the PDP for its “immense cooperation and compliance with the extant COVID-19 regulations in the state.”

The SSG said the approval was in line with the extant COVID-19 regulations in the state, with Regulation 2(2) of the Dangerous Disease (Emergency Prevention) Supplementary Regulation dated May 22, 2020 (gazetted vide Gazette No. 20 vol. II ).