The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Monday Okpebholo winner of the governorship election in Edo State.
Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, who scored 247,274 votes to come second, while Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party garnered 22,763 votes to come third.
Okpebholo was declared winner on Sunday by the INEC Returning Officer and Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Minna, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta.
Kuta declared Okpebholo winner of the election having polled the majority of votes and satisfied the requirements of the law.
The election held on Saturday across Edo State was largely peaceful with impressive turnouts in some areas.
The APC’s governorship candidate won 11 out of the 18 local governments in the state, while the PDP won seven local governments.
See breakdown of the results as declared by INEC:
A – 222
AA – 206
AAC – 273
ADC – 1956
ADP – 1099
APC – 291267
APGA – 1242
APM 151
APP – 144
BP – 217
LP – 2763
NNPP – 1034
NRM – 727
PDP 247274
PRP – 6235
SDP – 537
YPP – 296
ZLP – 254
“Candidate of the APC having satisified the requirement of the law is hereby declared the winner of the election,” Kuta declared.
