Breaking: APC’s Okpebholo Wins Edo Election

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress candidate in Saturday’s Governorship Election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has been declared winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalowho, who scored 247,274
A breakdown of the results showed that Okpebholo won in Esan West, Owan West, Egor, Akoko-Edo, Esan Central, Orhionmwon, Owan East, Etsako Central, Etsako West, Etsako East amd Oredo.
Ighodalo won in Igueben, Uhunmwonde, Esan South East, Esan North East, Ovia North East, Ovia South West and Ikpoba Okha.
The candidate of the Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata, who polled 22,763 votes, did not win any of the 18 local government areas of the state.
The state returning officer, Professor Faruq Adamu Kuta, Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, Niger State, declared Okpebholo winner of the election Sunday evening.

See the breakdown of the results by Local Government Areas:

ESAN WEST
APC 12,952
PDP 11,004
LP 342

OWAN WEST
APC 12,277
PDP 11,284
LP 201

IGUEBEN
APC 5,907
PDP 8,470
LP 494

UHUNMWONDE
APC 8,776
PDP 8,470
LP 9,339

OVIA NORTH EAST
APC 13,225
PDP 15,311
LP 1,675

EGOR
APC 16,760
PDP 14,658
LP 1,966

AKOKO-EDO
APC 34,847
PDP 15,865
LP 2,239

ESAN CENTRAL
APC 10,990
PDP 8,618
LP 418

ESAN NORTH EAST
APC 10,648
PDP 12,522
LP 194

OVIA SOUTH WEST
APC 10,150
PDP 10,260
LP 849

ORHIONMWON
APC 8,776
PDP 9,339
LP 769