According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, the All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is ahead in the overall results of the Edo State gubernatorial election that was held on Saturday.
The Federal University of Technology Vice-Chancellor and Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, has not yet formally declared the poll’s winner as of the report’s filing.
In the meantime, the APC defeated the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, in 11 of the state’s 18 local government areas.
Ighodalo received 247,274 votes, while Okpebholo received 291,667. Akpata received 18,737 votes.
In the state, the PDP candidate won seven LGAs.
The votes come from 4,519 polling units in Edo State and 18 Local Government Areas, totalling 2.2 million voters with permanent voter cards.
Godwin Obaseki, the incumbent governor of Edo State, will hand over control of Osadebe House to the election winner.
The details is as follows:
Ikpoba-Okha
APC- 16,338
LP- 2,026
PDP-26,382
Oredo LGA
APC- 30,780
LP-5389
PDP- 24,938
Etsako West LGA
APC: 32,107
PDP: 17,483
LP: 2,116
Etsako Central LGA
APC:11,906
PDP: 8,455
LP: 381
Etsako East LGA
APC: 20,167
PDP: 9,683
LP: 604
Egor LGA
APC: 16,760
LP: 1,966
PDP: 14,658
Ovia North-East LGA
APC: 13,225
PDP: 15,311
LP: 1,675
APC: 10,150
PDP: 10,260
LP: 849
Owan East, LG
APC: 19,380
PDP: 14,189
LP: 446
Orhionmwon LGA
APC: 16,059
PDP: 14,614
LP: 556
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