The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won Saturday’s governorship election in Edo state.
Candidate of the party, Senator Monday Okpebholo, 291,667 votes to defeat his close opponent Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who garnered 247,274 votes.
The Labour Party (LP) candidate and former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes.
The results were announced on Sunday at the Edo state INEC headquarters in Benin City by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger state.
He said, Monday Okpebholo, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected,
Details of the results shows that of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state, the APC won 12 LGAs while the PDP won six.
The outcome of the election was trailed by protest by supporters of the PDP who alleged that the process was manipulated.
Meanwhile the governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki, has appealed to the people to remain calm and use legal means to address their grievances.