BREAKING: APC’s Okpebholo wins Edo Governorship Election

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the, All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo winner of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election.

Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, officially announced Okpebholo winner of the election.

This is as the results from all 18 Local Government Areas of the state showed that the APC won eleven LGAs compared to the candidates of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.

Okpebholo garnered 291,667 votes to beat Ighodalo and Akpata with 247,274 and 18,737 votes, respectively.

Details later..

BREAKING: APC’s Okpebholo wins Edo Governorship Election