The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is currently leading in the overall results of Saturday’s Edo State governorship election, as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
However, the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, has not yet officially declared the winner at the time of this report.
Meanwhile, results from all 18 local government areas in the state reveal that the APC secured victory in 11 LGAs, outperforming the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata.
Okpebholo received 291,667 votes, while Ighodalo and Akpata garnered 247,274 and 18,737 votes, respectively.
The PDP candidate managed to win in seven LGAs across the state.
The votes were cast by 2.2 million registered voters with permanent voter cards across 18 Local Government Areas and 4,519 polling units in Edo State.
The election winner will succeed Godwin Obaseki as the new occupant of Osadebe House in Edo State.
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 LG
APC: 20,167
PDP: 9,683
LP: 604
Egor Local Government Area.
APC: 16,760
LP: 1,966
PDP: 14,658
Ovia North-East LG
APC: 13,225
PDP: 15,311
LP: 1,675
Uhunmwonde LG
APC: 8,776
PDP: 9,339
LP: 769
Owan West LG
APC: 12,277
PDP: 11,284
LP: 201
Esan West LG
APC: 12,952
PDP: 11,004
LP: 342
Igueben LG
APC: 5,907
PDP: 8,470
LP: 494
Akoko-Edo LG
APC: 34,847
PDP: 15,865
LP: 2,239
Esan South-East LG
APC: 8,398
PDP: 14,199
LP: 98
Esan Central LG
APC: 10,990
PDP: 8,618
LP: 418
Esan North-East LG
APC: 10,648
PDP: 12,522
LP: 194
Ovia South-West LG
APC: 10,150
PDP: 10,260
LP: 849
Owan East, LG
APC: 19,380
PDP: 14,189
LP: 446
Orhionmwon LG
APC: 16,059
PDP: 14,614
LP: 556
