EdoDecides: Live updates here

EdoDecides9:58am… The APC candidate, Godwin Obaseki, and his wife, Betsy arrived at their polling unit in Ward 4, Emokpae Primary School Oredo Local Government Area for accreditation and voting.
Both of them in matching brown outfits joined the queue of voters and waited their turn.

8: 45am –Voters at Uhi Ward 2, unit 07 in Uhunmwode local government area, say they have been asked to stay outside the polling unit while INEC officials are sorting out the materials. Voting is yet to commence there.

8:30am

A polling unit in Ikpoba-Okha LGA.
8: 12am– Voting kicks off in earnest amid tight security
Voters in Edo start have trooped to the polling booths to cast their votes for a new governor to take over from the incumbent, Adams Oshimhole.
Reports coming in from different parts of the state say there is good turn out of voters, amid tight security in most places, especially urban areas like Benin City, the state capital and Auchi.
By the new method adopted by the Independent National Electoral commission (INEC) voters are to do their accreditation and vote immediately.
This is unlike in previous exercise, where voters are accredited within a time frame, for voter to cast their votes later in the day.

We are ready, INEC declares. 

As the governorship election in Edo State kicks off today, September28, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said it is ready for the election and that every logistics has been put in place by it.

In a chat with the state Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC, Sam Olumekun, in Benin City, the Edo State INEC boss said both sensitive and non sensitive materials have been moved to the 18 local government areas of the state.
The REC also stated that baring any unforseen circumstances, the commission is well prepared for a hitch free poll in the state.
In a related development, the security agencies have put in place what they say is water tight security measures in the state ahead of the election.
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As at last count, statistics showed that the Nigerian Police Force has deployed about 25, 000 of its men and officers to the state, with the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Ibrahim Idris, relocating to the state to personally take charge of security for the election.
Aside the police, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has deployed 15,000 of its men to the state. The bulk of the civil defence officers were drawn from neighboring states, while the Department of State Services, DSS, has an unspecified number of its operatives in the state.
The security arrangement for the governorship election also has men of the Nigerian Army stationed in strategic places in the Benin City, the state capital and other parts of the state.
Feelers gotten from the streets of Benin, showed that residents of the state are ready for the election and are determined to troop to the poll to exercise their civic rights.