Edo Elections: Okpebholo wins Governorship election
By Ewache Ajefu
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday evening announced Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) flag bearer, as the winner of Saturday’s govership election in Edo State after winning 11 out of the 18 LGAs of the state.
Recall that voters across 4,519 polling units in the 18 local government areas of Edo State turned out Saturday to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent Godwin Obaseki.
The Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruq Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, while announcing the results noted that Okpebholo won the election after securing the highest number of votes.
He declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election with 291,667 votes, while Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) came second with a total of 247,274 votes. Meanwhile, Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) polled 22,763 votes to come third in third in the election.
“I, Prof. Faruq Adamu Kuta, I certify that I’m the Returning officer for the Edo state governorship election held on September 21, 2024… That Okpebholo of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared the winner of the election and returned elected”, he said.
