The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo, winner of the Edo governorship election. The Returning Officer for the election and Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, in Niger State, announced that Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 247,274 and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant third in the race with 22,761 votes, in a keenly contested race. “That Monday Okpebholo…
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