By Chijioke Kingsley
Abuja (Sundiata Post) – The All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is leading in the total results of Saturday’s Edo State governorship election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, is yet to officially announce the winner of the poll as filing the report.
Meanwhile, the results from all 18 local government areas of the state showed that APC won 11 LGAs compared to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.
Okpebholo garnered 291,667 votes while Ighodalo and Akpata had 247,274 and 18,737 votes respectively.
This is as the PDP candidate won Seven LGAs in the state.
The votes come from a total of 2.2 million voters with permanent voter cards across the 18 Local Government Areas and 4,519 polling units in Edo State.
The winner of the election will take over Osadebe House in Edo State from the outgoing Godwin Obaseki.
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 LGA
APC:11,906
PDP: 8,455
LP: 381
Etsako East LGA
APC: 20,167
PDP: 9,683
LP: 604
Egor LGA
APC: 16,760
LP: 1,966
PDP: 14,658
Ovia North-East LGA
APC: 13,225
PDP: 15,311
LP: 1,675
APC: 10,150
PDP: 10,260
LP: 849
Owan East, LG
APC: 19,380
PDP: 14,189
LP: 446
Orhionmwon LGA
APC: 16,059
PDP: 14,614
LP: 556
