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INEC has finally ,declared APC governorship candidate, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the Edo state governorship election. According to the electoral body, Obaseki polled a total of 319,483 votes while his main rival and PDP candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, polled 253,173 votes. Congrats to him.

Disputed National Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff, said he did not support Thursday’s rejection of the yet-to-be-declared result of Wednesday’s governorship election in Edo.

According to sources online, the PDP protesters alleged that the results currently being released by INEC “were manipulated over the night”, saying that they want their mandate. Also, the PDP Returning Officer for Oredo LGA disputed the results released for the local government area by INEC and called for cancellation of poll results which he termed as ‘fake.’ The hall at the INEC collation centre in Benin is currently rowdy.

The electoral commission, INEC, has announced the results of nine of the 18 local governments in Edo State.

#EdoDecides: Oredo LGA final result APC 37,612, PDP 30,492. Vote cast 73,712. Valid votes – 67401. Rejected votes – 4311.

Pending Most of Edo North With 404 polling units in so far: APC- 45, 095 PDP- 41,712

Unofficial Results Coming in Esan South East Ward 9, Unit 6 APC – 110 PDP – 169 #EdoDecides

As Edo State gubernatorial election draws near, Edo voters have been urged in a piece sent in an email to our newsroom here in the French capital of Paris to ponder the  questions raised below before electing a new governor to lead the state again in the coming years, according to the writer, after the abysmal failures of the outgoing governor, Mr. Adams Oshiomhole.

The election which was to hold this Saturday has been postpone. The Independent National Electoral Commission has agreed to shift the Edo State governorship election by two weeks.

Nigerians and politics. A landlord who is a die hard supporter of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reportedly evicted 5 of his tenants who are supporters of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC ahead of Edo State governorship election scheduled to hold this Saturday.

The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Wednesday said that the commission is ready for the Saturday Edo governorship election in Edo State, saying it won’t postpone the exercise.

The Nigerian Police Force and the Department of state security services, DSS have called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the Edo state governorship election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Monday in Benin, released a list of 19 political parties that would participate in the Sept. 10 governorship election in Edo State.