The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC(, Monday Okpebholo, has been declared winner of Saturday, September 21, governorship election in Edo State.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) through the Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta who is the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, made the declaration in Benin City, midnight.
He said that Okpebholo polled a total of 291, 667 votes to defeat his arch rival and candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, who polled 247, 274 votes.
The governorship candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata (SAN), came third, polling a total of 22,761 votes.
INEC record showed that APC won in eleven Local Government Areas out of 18, while the PDP won in seven and LP did not win in any local government.
Meanwhile, President Bola Tinubu has congratulates the governor-elect, Okpebholo
