Although voting ended on Wednesday
afternoon in all the 18 local governments
of Edo State, delay in the collation process
meant no result was officially announced
by the electoral commission, INEC.
PREMIUM TIMES’ Ben Ezeamalu and
Oluwole Josiah continue their live report
of the elections by bringing you the official
results as announced by INEC from its
secretariat in Benin.
The result is expected to be a two-horse
race between the candidate of the ruling
All Progressives Congress, APC, Godwin
Obaseki, and Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the
Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Results:
8.39: Obaseki’s running mate creates
scene at INEC, protests cancellation of
results in some units
Phillip Shaibu, the running mate of the
governorship candidate of the All
Progressives Congress, Godwin Obaseki,
is now at the INEC office to protest the
cancellation of results of some units in his
ward in Jattu, Etsakor West Local
Government Area.
The deputy governorship candidate who
arrived the INEC office at about 8 a.m.
was barred from entering into the office
with the collation officer for Etsakor West.
He was told he could not enter nor be
anywhere around the vicinity of INEC
office. Only his agent could have access,
he was told.
But Mr. Shaibu insisted he had a
complaint to make against the collation
officer whom he said had no right to
cancel the units.
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