Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, is leading in the total results of Saturday’s Edo State governorship election announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
As of the latest updates, Returning Officer Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, has not yet declared an official winner. The results indicate that APC won in 11 of the state’s 18 local government areas (LGAs), while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, secured victories in 7 LGAs.
Okpebholo received 291,667 votes, while Ighodalo garnered 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party received 18,737 votes. The election involved a total of 2.2 million registered voters across 4,519 polling units in Edo State.
The new winner will succeed outgoing Governor Godwin Obaseki at Osadebe House. Below are the detailed results from several LGAs:
Ikpoba-Okha
APC – 16,338
PDP – 26,382
LP – 2,026
Oredo LGA
APC – 30,780
PDP – 24,938
LP – 5,389
Etsako West LGA
APC – 32,107
PDP – 17,483
LP – 2,116
Etsako Central LGA
Lga – 11,906
PDP – 8,455
LP – 381
Etsako East LGA
APC – 20,167
PDP – 9,683
LP – 604
Egor LGA
APC – 16,760
PDP – 14,658
LP – 1,966
Ovia North-East LGA
APC – 13,225
PDP – 15,311
LP – 1,675
Uhunmwonde LGA
APC – 10,150
PDP – 10,260
LP – 849
Owan East LGA
APC – 19,380
PDP – 14,189
LP – 446
Orhionmwon LGA
APC – 16,059
PDP – 14,614
LP – 556