Nigeria, Sept. 21 -- The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has described Saturday's local government by-election organised by the Edo Independent Electoral Commission as illegal.

Tony Aziegbemi, the party's caretaker chairperson, said this in Benin while addressing journalists about the exercise.

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Join the Premium Times WhatsApp Community For Quick Access To News and Happenings Around You. Open in WhatsApp He stated that the by-elections scheduled across 59 wards violated a subsisting court order restraining the state election commission and the government from conducting them.

"Only last week, the Edo State High Court, presided over by Justice Mary Itsueli, ordered that the seats of duly elected cou...