The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued certificate of return to the Governor-elect of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC issued Okpebholo, a serving Senator representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, with the certificate of return on Thursday after winning the governorship election conducted in Edo State on Saturday.
The INEC has issued the certificate of return to Monday Opkpebholo, the Governor-elect of Edo State. pic.twitter.com/UG6zg5kL8g
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Recall INEC had declared Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo. INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced the winner in Benin after the collation of results from 18 local government areas in the state.
Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancelleor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, said Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,274 votes. The candidate of Labour Party (LP), Mr Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes. A breakdown of the results show that APC won in eleven local governments, while PDP won in seven areas.