APC’s Monday Okpebholo wins Edo guber election

Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been named winner of Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.

Results from 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Sunday evening shows Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes, followed closely by Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who polled 247,655 votes.

Olumide Akpata, representing the Labour Party (LP), finished third, receiving a total of 22,763 votes.

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Faruk Adamu, State returning officer, Federal University of Technology, Minna. Niger State for the Edo 2024 governorship election disclosed this at the collation centre in Benin City.

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The breakdown of the results showed that APC won in 11 local governments while PDP triumphed in seven. BusinessDay reports that the governor-elect is a serving Senator representing Edo Central at the National Assembly.

Break down of result by LGA

Oredo LGA
APC- 30,780
PDP- 24,928

Owan West LGA 11 Wards:

APC- 12,277 Votes

PDP 11,284 Votes

LP 201 Votes

Uhunmwonde LGA 10 wards

APC- 8,776

LP- 769

PDP- 9,339

Esan West LGA 10 wards

APC- 12, 952

LP- 342

Ovia North East LGA 13 wards

APC- 13, 225

LP- 1, 675

PDP- 15, 311

Orhionmwon LGA 12 wards

APC- 16, 059

LP- 5, 56

PDP- 14, 189

Igueben LGA 10 wards

APC- 5, 907

LP- 4, 97

PDP- 8, 470

Esan South East LGA 10 wards

APC- 8, 398

LP- 98.

PDP- 14, 199

Egor LGA 10 wards

APC- 16, 760

LP- 1, 966

PDP- 14, 658

Akoko-Edo LGA 10 wards

APC- 34, 847

LP- 2, 239

PDD 15, 865

Esan Central LGA 10 wards

APC- 10, 990

LP- 418

PDP- 8, 618

Esan North East LGA 11 Wards

APC- 10, 648

LP- 194

PDP- 12, 522

Ovia South West LGA 10 wards

APC- 10, 150

LP- 849

PDP- 10, 260

Etsako East LG 10 wards

APC – 20, 167

LP- 604

PDP- 9, 683

Etsako Central LGA 10 wards

APC- 11, 106
LP- 381

PDP- 8, 455

Etsako West LGA 12 wards

APC- 32, 107

LP. 2, 116

PDP- 17, 483

APC- 19, 380

LP- 446

PDP- 14, 189