Monday Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2024 Edo state election, appears set for victory......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Legit reports that Okpebholo is closely followed by the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo; while Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata came in a distant third.
Latest update on Edo election
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far released the results of 17 local government areas (LGAs).
The APC has won 11 out of the 17 LGAs, so far collated and declared by INEC in Benin City. PDP triumphed in 6.
In the results declared so far, Okpebholo has secured 275,323 votes while Ighodalo has polled 220,892 votes, leaving a margin of 54,431.
Ikpoba-Okha is the only LGA yet to be announced.
Edo: Why I stormed INEC office – Obaseki
Earlier, Legit reported that Godwin Obaseki, the incumbent governor of Edo, said he visited the state collation centre to get first-hand information about the process supervised by INEC.
Obaseki explained that he visited the INEC office because the agency “had refused to put any information in the public domain.”
Obaseki spoke during a briefing by the PDP campaign organisation for the Edo state governorship election 2024.