The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is set to conduct the Edo governorship election primaries, with 576 delegates from 192 wards in the state converged on Hardball Court, Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium, in Benin City, Nigeria. The primaries are crucial for the party's quest to regain the governorship seat in the state, which it lost in 2008. Three aspirants—former governorship candidate of the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), Chief Solomon Edebiri, former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and former majority leader of the state House of Assembly, Mathew Iduoriyekemwn—will participate in the primaries. The party has provided a level playing field for all aspirants, and the party has been transparent in all its dealings with all the aspirants. The battle for the governorship seat is half won if the PDP gets it right, but some argue that rancor-free primaries would have done the party a great disservice.
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