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APC rejects Edo governorship election result

Hafeestonova — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 08:08:14 +0000

The All Progressives Congress has rejected the September 19 Edo governorship election result which brought back Godwin Obaseki as the Governor of the state.

Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki in his statement on Sunday, September 20 alleged that there was foul play due to “strong-arm tactics”. Mayaki also claimed that there was an arbitrary arrest of local party members.

The statement read “On this note, we hereby reject the outcome of the election, and urge our members to stay calm. We thank them for their support. We’ll be announcing our decision and course of action shortly. Obaseki shouted that he was being rigged out and blamed INEC at the initial stage, but that was to divert attention from the evil going on in the field. The Party also notes the arbitrary arrest of our local party members, who could have resisted the outrage, while Mr Obaseki was busy diverting attention with a false alarm. There were obvious illicit tampering with results, to shore up PDP numbers and markdown that of our party. Areas where we won, they cancelled them. They decreased the votes in areas we had an advantage; they rejected our results and jerked up theirs. The ‘strong-arm’ tactics, as seen in the election, cannot slide. Our people were arbitrarily arrested, while many of the figures were fabricated.”

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Breaking: INEC declares Obaseki winner of Edo election

Hafeestonova — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 15:36:07 +0000

The Independent National Electoral Commission has declared the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Godwin Obaseki, winner of the governorship election in Edo State.

Obaseki was elected on APC’s platform in 2016 but defected to the PDP after being denied the ticket owing to intra-party squabbles. Obaseki of PDP ran against APC standard-bearer Ize-Iyamu and 13 others.

INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure Rim-Rukeh, announced the result of the election on Sunday.

Obaseki of PDP polled 307,955 votes to defeat his closest rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of the All Progressives Congress, who got 223,619 votes.

Rim-Rukeh, while declaring Obaseki winner, said the incumbent governor was returned elected after satisfying all requirements in line with the law.

1) Igueben LGA

PDP 7,870

APC 5,199

Total 13170
Total votes cast 13,382

Election materials snatched in Ward 8, Unit 2

2) Esan North-East

APC 6,556
PDP 13579
Valid votes 20,369
Total votes cast 20,730

3) Esan Central

APC 6,719
PDP 10,794

4) Ikpoba-Okha

APC 18,218
PDP 41,030

5) Uhunmwonde

APC 5,972
PDP 10,022

6) Egor LGA

APC 10,202
PDP 27,621

7) Owan East

APC 19,295
PDP 14,762

8) Owan West

APC 11,193
PDP 11,485

9) Esan South-East

APC 9,237
PDP 10,565

10) Ovia North East

APC 9,907
PDP 16,987

11) Etsako West LGA

APC 26,140
PDP 17,959

12) Oredo LGA

APC 18,365
PDP 43,498

13) Esan West

APC 7,189
PDP 17,434

14) Akoko Edo LGA
APC – 22,963
PDP – 20,101

15) Etsako East LGA
APC – 17,011
PDP – 10,668

16) Etsako Central LGA

APC 8,359
PDP 7,478

17) Orhiomwon LGA

APC 10,458
PDP 13,445

18) Ovia South-West
APC – 10,636
PDP – 12,659

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Obaseki in early lead in Edo election

Hafeestonova — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 08:54:56 +0000

Governor Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party has recorded more votes from the results of the 13 Local Governments declared so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

The election held in 18 Local Government Areas, 192 Wards, and 2,627 polling units.

Although 17 political parties have fielded candidates for the election, it is a two-way race between All Progressives Congress and PDP.

The PDP scored 240,935 while APC had 154, 192 votes from the declared results in the 13 LGAs.

Here are some of the declared results