#EdoDecides2024: APC’s Okpebholo Leads As INEC Awaits Results in 2 LGs

The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the Edo State governorship elections, Monday Okpebholo, is currently leading the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, with 48,595 votes after INEC collated election results from 16 of the state’s 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs).

The collation of results ongoing at the INEC head office in Benin City is being presided over by the Returning Officer, Faruq Kuta, a professor and Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State.

 

Mr Kuta has received the results of 12 local government areas, namely Esan Central, Akoko Edo, Egor, Esan South-East, Ovia North-East, Uhunmwonde, Owan West, Esan West, Igueben, Esan North East, Ovia South West, and Orhionmwon LGAs.

 

While the APC candidate, Mr Okpebholo, has so far garnered 244,549 votes, his PDP counterpart, Mr Ighodalo, has garnered 195,954. The Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata, has 13,348 votes so far.

 

As at the time of filing this report, the APC candidate has won in 10 local governments, PDP in six, while the Labour Party is yet to win in any of the local governments.

 

The collation centre is expected to reconvene by 5pm.

 

Announcing the recess, the returning officer has said, “We may not be able to give you a definite time. This is because the officers are still on the way.”

EDO GUBER: INEC OFFICIAL RESULT

1. IGUEBEN LGA

APC: 5,907

LP: 494

PDP: 8,470

Registered voters: 54549

Accredited voters: 15,274

Total valid votes: 14,989

Rejected votes: 278

Total votes cast: 15,267

 

2. ESAN WEST

APC: 12,952

LP: 342

PDP: 11,004

Registered voters: 113,067

Accredited voters: 25,702

Total valid votes: 24,691

Rejected votes: 693

Total votes cast: 25,384

3. OWAN WEST

APC: 12277

LP: 201

PDP: 11284

Total valid votes: 23904

Rejected votes: 391

Total votes cast: 24295

4. UHUNMWONDE

APC: 8,776

PDP: 9,339

LP: 767

Total valid votes: 199,223

Rejected votes: 553

Total votes cast: 199,776

5. OVIA NORTH-EAST

Registered voters: 177,106

Accredited voters: 32,441

APC: 13,225

PDP: 15,311

LP: 1,675

Total valid votes: 30,783

Rejected votes: 1312

Total votes cast: 32,095

6. ESAN SOUTH-EAST

APC: 8,398

LP: 98

PDP: 14,199

Total valid votes: 22,780

Rejected votes: 356

Total votes cast: 23,136

7. EGOR LGA

APC: 16,760

LP: 1,966

PDP: 14,658

Total valid votes: 34,022

Rejected votes: 1,018

Total votes cast: 35,040

 

8. AKOKO-EDO

APC: 34,847

LP: 2,239

PDP: 15,865

Total valid votes: 53,547

Rejected votes: 331

Total votes cast: 53,878

 

9. ETSAKO WEST LGA

APC: 32,107

LP: 2,116

PDP: 17,483

Total valid votes: 52,227

Rejected votes: 1,188

Total votes cast: 53,414

10. ETSAKO CENTRAL LGA

APC: 11,906

LP: 381

PDP: 8,455

Total valid votes: 20,851

Rejected votes: 294

Total votes cast: 21,145

11. ETSAKO EAST LGA

APC: 20,167

LP: 604

PDP: 9,683

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

 

12. EWAN EAST LGA

APC: 19,380

LP: 446

PDP: 14,189

Total valid votes: 34,157
Rejected votes: 420
Total votes cast: 34,577

13. ORHIONMWON LGA

APC: 16,059

LP: 556

PDP: 14,614

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

14. OVIA SOUTH-WEST

APC: 10,150

LP: 849

PDP: 10,260

Total valid votes: 21,710
Rejected votes: 1,086
Total votes cast: 22,796

15. ESAN NORTH-EAST

APC: 10,648

LP: 194

PDP: 12,522

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

16. ESAN CENTRAL

APC: 10,990

LP: 418

PDP: 8,618

Total valid votes: 20,198

Rejected votes: 361
Total votes cast: 20,559

AS IT STANDS: After the collation of results from 16 out of 18 LGAs

APC: 244,549

PDP: 195,954

LP: 13,348