Flirtyjane:


And it happens overnight?

Kelly Ogbalo, chairman of the Labour Party (LP) in Edo, says the party candidate, Olumide Akpata, would have won the state governorship election if it was conducted in a free and fair manner.

In an interview on Monday in Benin, Mr Ogbalo claimed that the election was marred by serious irregularities, including open vote-buying that the security agencies failed to check.

“Labour Party won the election but was not allowed to take possession,” Mr Ogbalo

“What I mean by that is that the election was marred with serious irregularities; there was open vote buying. The security agencies failed to check this anomaly.”

“So in such a way where votes were bought and with manipulation of results here and there. What do you expect?”

When asked if LP would challenge the result in court, Mr Ogbalo said the party was yet to call a state council meeting to take a position.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had on September 22 declared Monday Okpebholo of the APC winner of the election.

Mr Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,274 votes, while LP’s Mr Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes.

Let us learn to accept the results of elections in Nigeria. The PDP won this same election in 2020 when the APC controlled the Federal Government. We did not complain then. The defeated candidate of the APC, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, did not make comments that threatened the peace of the state.

We are allowing the sentiment that is popular in our immediate location to affect our judgment of the Edo election. Your party may be strong in your state. But this is not your state. This is Edo State. All politics is local. The PDP won in 2020 because we were united. Philip Shaibu, our great mobiliser, and Dan Orbih, our party's strong man in Edo, were with Obaseki. This time around, the PDP was divided. Philip Shaibu and Orbih were with our opponents. And we saw this coming when Shaibu was treated shabbily after the primaries. He ought not to have been treated like that.[/b]

I would like to say I am surprised at the election result. But I am not. If you want to be emotional, be my guest. But elections are won by rational people.

You have a Governor scaring the electorate by saying the election is a "Do or die affair"?

And knowing the almost godlike authority of the Oba of Benin, why would Obaseki have even quarrelled with His Royal Majesty, Omo N'Oba N'Edo, Uku Akpolokpolo Oba Ewuare II, over the abode of the returned Benin artefacts? Those relics were looted from the Oba's palace and were the property of the Oba's direct ancestors. At least, the Oba ought to have the main say over their mainstay.

It was hubris on the part of Governor Obaseki to have thought otherwise. How can you be named Obaseki and fail to defer to the Oba? Your name literally means the Oba's favour is better than success in trading or other endeavours?

As I am today, if the Olu of Warri slaps me, I will apologise to him for giving him reasons to slap me. That is how much people who understand royalty respect a natural monarch.

Politics is about addition. You try to avoid subtraction. No matter how popular you think you are, if your opponent is practising addition and you are implementing subtraction, the result of the election is a foregone conclusion, even if you allow social media to mislead you. Remember, there are no polling booths on the Internet.

Sometimes, you win elections, and sometimes you learn. But you only lose if you refuse to learn.

senatordave1:


I was right about denco afterall. I told you that the surest LGA for APC down south is orhiomnwon followed by uhumnwonde and that the info and stats I am getting from Ovia shows denco will lose Ovia north and struggle in his ovia south. Aisowieren or ihama as a running would have delivered more. If not for Egor,we should have lost 6 in the south...

Cc famology

Truths9ja:
Collation have been postponed till 10:00AM.. edolites will choose their governor…

Okpebholo1:


15k abeg

Okpebholo1:


Yes. They might win another. I think PDP won igueben narrowly

Okpebholo1:
South ibie ward of Etsako west LGA

Cherrybae:


Any hope for PDP in Etsako and Akoko Edo

Okpebholo1:


70%


Esan West LGA
APC 12,952
PDP 11,004.
APC won with 1,948 votes.

Okpebholo1:
*BREAKING : APC wins Esan Central*

APC— 10,837
PDP- 8,459

This is the LGA of APC’s Monday


Cc famoi,fergie001, capitalcee,ngeneukwenu,unigrad

CapitalCee:


No i saw this on twitter

TruthsFM:
Pdp almost have a 7/7 in Edo South.

#EdoDecides
#EdoDecides24

Asue Ighodalo is winning

Okpebholo1:


There's nothing to update

In speaker blessing Agbebaku ward, APC 900 pdp 1240

Okpebholo1:


They have ran out of results

Beremx:
10k multiplied by 403 foolish suffering and smiling people no be small money. God bless the only PDP voter who refused to be bribed

The polling unit is one of hundreds where elections were held in Edo to elect the person to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) secured an overwhelming victory in the polling unit of its former chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, in Saturday’s governorship election in Edo.

Mr Oshiomhole voted in PU 1, Ward 10 of Etsako West Local Government Area.

At the end of the counting of results, the APC secured 403 votes, while the PDP and ADP had one vote each in the unit.

The polling unit is one of hundreds where elections were held in Edo to elect the person to succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki, whose tenure ends in November.

See the details of the results below.

Ward 10 PU 1

Etsako West Oshiomhole’s PU

APC: 403

PDP: 1

ADC: 1

Okpebholo1:



I haven't seen the results of Owan west but I know it will be tight but APC is leading in the other 5... APC needs to win at least 2 lgas in south and central... The APC winning margins in the north will be key...Denco needs to do more in OVia SW