PDP has won Edo governorship election 2024? Fact emerges

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Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

Benin City, Edo state - A purported Edo election result (by local government areas) in circulation strongly insinuated that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) won the 2024 governorship poll in the state.

Legit.ng reports that the genuine results from dozens of polling units (PUs) have surfaced on the IReV. However, it is unclear when organisers of the off-cycle election — the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) — will officially announce the results.

Is it true that the PDP has won the Edo governorship Election 2024?

The viral screenshot attributing victory to the PDP has the logo of the online Nigerian newspaper, Premium Times. It suggested that the PDP triumphed in 13 local government areas (LGAs) of Edo state while the APC won the remaining five.

See it below:

But reacting via a disclaimer on Saturday night, September 21, the media platform pointed out that the alleged local government results attributed to it as the source was lifted from the official results of the 2020 Edo state governorship election.

Premium Times, therefore, branded the widely-circulated 2024 'Edo election result' "completely false".

Legit.ng reports that as of the time of this report at 10:15 pm, the INEC has yet to begin collation of results from the 18 local government areas for the 2024 Edo state governorship election.

Also, the main activities at the INEC collation centre in the Edo state capital, Benin, have not kicked off. The arena is only filled with journalists and election observers who are awaiting the start of the results formal announcement process by the electoral umpire.