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Edo Guber: APC Wins 11 Out of 17 LGAs Announced by INEC
APC has secured victory in 11 out of 17 local government areas announced by INEC in the ongoing Edo governorship election. Follow the latest updates on the election results.
The collation of results for the Edo State Governorship election has resumed, with All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, on course for victory. Okpebholo has won in 11 out of the 17 Local Government Areas (LGAs) announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Sunday.
According to the results from 17 out of 18 LGAs, announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, the APC is leading with 275,329 votes. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) trails behind with 220,892 votes, while the Labour Party (LP) holds third place with 18,737 votes.
However, an agent of the PDP from Oredo Local Government Area raised concerns, alleging that the results had been tampered with.
This is as APC disagreed with the PDP member over claims that the results have been tampered with.
On his part, Prof Kuta called for calm.
The pending LGA is Ikpoba-Okha.
See Details:
Oredo LGA
APC- 30,780
LP-5389
PDP- 24,938
Etsako West LGA:
APC : 32,107
PDP : 17,483
LP : 2,116
Etsako Central LG
APC:11,906
PDP: 8,455
LP: 381
Etsako East LG
APC: 20,167
PDP: 9,683
LP: 604
Egor Local Government Area.
APC: 16,760
LP: 1,966
PDP: 14,658
Ovia North-East LG
APC: 13,225
PDP: 15,311
LP: 1,675
Uhunmwonde LG
APC: 8,776
PDP: 9,339
LP: 769
Owan West LG
APC: 12,277
PDP: 11,284
LP: 201
Esan West LG
APC: 12,952
PDP: 11,004
LP: 342
Igueben LG
APC: 5,907
PDP: 8,470
LP: 494
Akoko-Edo LG
APC: 34,847
PDP: 15,865
LP: 2,239
Esan South-East LG
APC: 8,398
PDP: 14,199
LP: 98
Esan Central LG
APC: 10,990
PDP: 8,618
LP: 418
Esan North-East LG
APC: 10,648
PDP: 12,522
LP: 194
Ovia South-West LG
APC: 10,150
PDP: 10,260
LP: 849
Owan East, LG
APC: 19,380
PDP: 14,189
LP: 446
Orhionmwon LG
APC: 16,059
PDP: 14,614
LP: 556
