Senator Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, emerged victorious in the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday.
According to the results from 18 Local Government Areas announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday, Senator Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes. His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, polled 247,655 votes.
Olumide Akpata, candidate of the Labour Party, LP, finished third, receiving a total of 22,763 votes.
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Before returning the APC candidate as winner, the PDP in Edo had appealed to the Chairman of INEC, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, to review the results collated for the governorship election before the final announcement of the winner of the election.
Anthony Aziegbemi, PDP Chairman in Edo told newsmen on Sunday in Benin that the entries the electoral officers made were different from the actual results uploaded on the INEC IREV at the polling units.
He also noted that the results had allegedly been inflated in favour of the APC through deducted votes from the PDP.
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