As of 4.42 p.m., 66.90 percent (3,023 out of 4519) of the Edo governorship election results have been submitted to the Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) IReV portal.

The governorship election which ought to have ended around 2:30 pm was extended to 4pm due to the delay of voting materials.

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The electoral officials have begun to count votes across all polling units and more results are expected.

BusinessDay had earlier reported that Anugbum Onuoha, the resident electoral commissioner had assured voters that all votes would be transmitted electronically if there are no network issues.

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Wasiu Alli is a business, economics cum data journalist with strong expertise covering macro trends, capital markets, government policies, corporate earnings and comparative economics analysis. Alli turns raw data into trends that not only tells compelling stories but nudges investors to make valued and informed decisions. He’s an alumnus of Lagos State University and trained at Lagos Business School. He formerly heads the Companies and Markets desk at BusinessDay where he writes and supervises the production of well researched articles on earnings updates, corporate sectoral comparisons, market intelligence as well as interviews with C-suite executives.

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