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
