Police have cordoned off the entrance to stadium road by Akenzua junction with vehicles, and the gates to the stadium locked.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium was the scheduled venue for the planned governorship primary of Ali Modu Sheriff-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benin City.
Mathew Iduoriyekemwen and Johnson Agbonayinma are the two aspirants for the governorship ticket.
Commissioner of Police in the state, Chris Eziken, said: “I am not INEC. It is too early to find out if the primary will hold or not. You can call me back in the afternoon to find out.”
Asked if INEC would witness the exercise, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Sam Olumekun, said only the national headquarters could comment on the matter.
A member of the Caretaker Committee, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the primary would be held as scheduled but that they were looking for another venue.
The Ahmed Markafi-led PDP faction held its primary on June 20, at the same venue which produced Osagie Ize-Iyamu as its candidate.
Ize-Iyamu defeated Iduoriyekemwen and Solomon Edebiri at the primary, but Iduoriyekemwen later joined the Modu Sheriff faction after he faulted the process of the primary.
