EDO STATE CIVIL SOCIETY SITUATION ROOM EDO STATE ELECTION OBSERVATION REPORT
The Edo State Civil Society Situation Room (ESSR), was established by five organisations: The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice (ANEEJ), Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) Caritas, Benin, Conference of Non-Governmental Organisations (CONGOs), Justice Development and Peace Commission (JDPC) Caritas, Uromi and Joint National Association of Persons with Disabilities (JONAPWD), Edo State Chapter. We had our secretariat and Situation Room located at the Justice Development and Peace Centre (JDPC) Benin City, and we deployed 50 domestic and 190 citizen observers across 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) to monitor the 2024 Edo State Governorship Election held on September 21, 2024.
Our role was to ensure the integrity of the electoral process by observing key elements such as the arrival and performance of INEC officials, the deployment and functionality of electoral materials and the BVAS machines, security arrangements, and voter conduct. Despite some challenges, the ESSR was able to collect and analyze real-time data from the field.