Agency postpones Edo election to September 28 The INEC chairman, Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu will address newsmen on the latest development soon. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has postponed the Edo governorship elections. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), INEC's National Commissioner for voter education and publicity, Solomon Soyebi, said the election will hold on September 28, 2016. INEC agreed to postpone the election after a security a meeting held in Benin- Edo state this evening. The Nigeria Police Force and the Department of State Services (DSS), in a press released on Wednesday, September 7, 2016, hinted of possible terror attacks on Edo state, and asked INEC to postpone the elections. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kicked against the warning by the security agencies and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to direct security agencies to provide full security for governorship election rather than postpone it. Despite the security warni...