Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress(APC) candidate, has emerged winner of the Edo State Governorship Election polling a total of 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival,
the People’s Democratic Party(PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo who polled 247,274 votes.
Giving a breakdown of the results by the two leading parties in each of the 18 local government areas the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated that in Akoko-Edo APC got 34,847 votes while PDP got 15,865 votes; Egor APC – 16,760 PDP – 14,658; Esan Central APC – 10,990 PDP – 8,618; Esan North East APC – 10,648 PDP – 12,522; Esan South East APC – 8,398 PDP – 14,199; Esan West APC – 12,952 PDP – 11,004; Etsako Central APC – 11,906 PDP – 8,455; Etsako East APC – 20,167 PDP – 9,685; Etsako West APC – 32,107 PDP – 17,483
Igueben APC – 5,407 PDP – 8,470; Ikpoba Okha APC – 16,338 PDP – 26,382; Oredo APC – 30,780 PDP – 24,938; Orhionmwon APC – 16,059 PDP – 14,614; Ovia North East APC – 13,225 PDP – 15,311; Ovia South West APC – 10,150 PDP – 10,260; Owan West APC – 12,277 PDP – 11,284; Owan East APC – 19,380 PDP – 14,189 and Uhunmwonde APC – 8,776 PDP – 9,339.
Reacting to the result collation, the PDP Chairman, Tony Aziegbemi said: “we demand the immediate re-collation and recomputation of the actual results for the various polling units.”
Governor Obaseki in his message to the people of the state said that the PDP will use democratic means to seek justice. He warned against resorting to violence.
While congratulating Senator Okpebholo on his victory, President Bola Tinubu commended APC national leaders, Edo State leaders, and party governors for working hard to achieve victory. He said the victory testified to the people’s support for the ruling party, its progressive ideals, its economic reengineering programme and its commitment to improving the lives of Nigerians.
He urged the governor elect not to gloat over his victory but to see it as a challenging call to service. He encouraged him to demonstrate magnanimity by reaching out to his political rivals and uniting the people of Edo State to ensure its development.
The President urged all those aggrieved by the election outcome to seek redress through the legal channels. In addition, he commended the people of Edo State for their orderly and peaceful conduct during the election, underscoring the maturing of Nigeria’s democracy after 25 years.
“I commend the INEC and our security agencies for working round the clock to conduct a successful, peaceful and largely hitch-free exercise. INEC has once again demonstrated that it is committed to organising a free and fair election in our country,” President Tinubu said.
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