BREAKING: APC’s candidate Okpebholo wins Edo gov poll

The All Progressives Congress candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has emerged victorious at the just concluded Edo State governorship election.

Okpebholo beat his main challengers, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Asue Ighodalo, and that of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata.

The Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, declared Okpebhole as the winner of the poll at the collation centre in Benin City, the state capital on Sunday.

The APC candidate polled 291,667 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Ighodalo, who polled 247,274 votes while Akpata of the LP came a distant third with 22,763 votes.

“That Okpebholo, having satisfied the requirement of the law is thereby declared the winner and returned elected,” Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, said.

Edo State has a total of 18 Local Government Areas, divided into Edo North, Edo South and Edo Central. Traditionally, Edo North has always been the stronghold of the APC, while the PDP has always shown strength in Edo Central and Edo South.

Below are the election results:

Igueben LG

Registered voters – 54,549
Accredited voters – 15,274

APC – 5,907
PDP – 8,470
LP – 494

Total valid votes – 14,989
Rejected votes – 278

Total votes cast – 15,267

Esan West LG

Registered voters – 113,067
Accredited voters – 25,702

APC – 12,952
PDP – 11,004
LP – 342

Total valid votes – 24,691
Rejected votes -693
Total votes cast – 25,384

Uhunmwonde LG

Registered voters – 92,169
Accredited voters – 20,044

APC – 8,776
PDP – 9,339
LP – 769

Total valid votes – 19,223
Rejected votes – 553
Total votes cast -19,776

Owan West LG

Registered voters – 67,076
Accredited voters – 24,311

APC – 12,277
PDP – 11,284
LP – 201

Total valid votes -23,904
Rejected votes – 391
Total votes cast – 24,295

Ovia North-East LG

Registered voters – 177,106
Accredited voters – 32,441

APC – 13,225
PDP – 15,311
LP – 1,675

Total valid votes – 30,783
Rejected votes – 1,312
Total votes cast – 32,095

Esan South-East LG

Registered voters – 90,240
Accredited voters – 23,390

APC – 8,398
PDP – 14,199
LP – 98

Total valid votes – 22,780
Rejected votes – 356
Total votes cast – 23,136

Egor LG

Registered voters – 242,266
Accredited voters – 35,463

APC – 16,760
PDP – 14,658
LP – 1,966

Total valid votes – 34,022
Rejected votes – 1,018
Total votes cast – 35,040

Akoko Edo LG

Registered voters – 144,379
Accredited voters – 54,395

APC – 34,847
PDP – 15,865
LP – 2, 239

Total valid votes – 53,547
Rejected votes – 331
Total votes cast – 53,878

Esan Central LG

Registered voters – 68,338
Accredited voters – 20,580

APC – 10,990
PDP – 8,618
LP – 418

Total valid votes – 20,198
Rejected votes – 361
Total votes cast – 20,559

Esan North-East LG

Registered voters – 106,280
Accredited voters – 24,430

APC – 10,648
PDP – 12,522
LP – 194

Total valid votes – 23,637
Rejected votes – 674
Total votes cast – 24,311

Ovia South-West LG

Registered voters – 112,091
Accredited voters- 23,196

APC – 10,150
PDP – 10,260
LP – 849

Valid votes – 21,710
Rejected votes – 1,086
Total Vote cast – 22,796

Orhionmwon LG

Registered voters – 139,260
Accredited voters – 33,196

APC – 16,059
PDP – 14,614
LP – 556

Total valid votes – 31,559
Rejected votes – 1,091
Total vote cast – 32,650

Owan East LG

Registered voters – 106,252
Accredited voters – 34,618

APC – 19,380
PDP – 14,189
LP – 446

Total valid votes – 34,157
Rejected votes – 430
Total votes cast – 34,577

Etsako East LG

Registered voters – 102,754
Accredited voters – 35,084

APC – 20,167
PDP – 9,683
LP – 604

Total valid votes – 30,926
Rejected votes – 435
Total votes cast – 31,361

Etsako Central LG

Registered voters – 59,430
Accredited voters – 21,465

APC – 11,906
PDP – 8,455
LP – 381

Total valid votes – 20,851
Rejected votes – 294
Total votes cast – 21,145

Etsako West LG

Registered voters – 186,449
Accredited voters – 54,304

APC – 32,107
PDP – 17,483
LP – 2,116

Total valid votes – 52,226
Rejected votes – 1,188
Total votes cast – 53,414

Oredo LGA

Registered voters – 356,242

Accredited voters – 64,802

APC – 30,780

PDP – 24,938

LP – 5,389

Total valid votes: 62,703

Rejected votes: 1,339

Total votes cast: 64,042

Ikpoba-Okha LGA

Registered Voters – 392,782

Accredited Voters – 61437

PDP – 26,382

APC – 16,338

LP – 4026

Total valid votes – 48, 784

Rejected Votes – 1455

Total Votes cast – 50,239