UPDATED: INEC presents certificates of return to Edo gov-elect, deputy The Independent National Electoral Commission has issued certificates of retrace to the Edo State Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa.
The certificates were issued to them by the INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Edo State, Rhoda Gumus, on Thursday, five days after Okpebholo and his deputy were announced the winner of the poll.
The issuance of certificates of bounce has officially confirmed Okpebholo and Idahosa as the governor and deputy governor of Edo.
Okpebholo will succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki, who will leave Osadebe House on November 11 after completing two terms in office.
Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, was held the winner of the tightly disputed Edo governorship election on Sunday.
The Returning Officer for the election and the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruq Kuta, declared the result at the INEC collation centre in Benin City.
Okpebholo secured 291,667 votes, triumphing 11 out of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state.
His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, obtained 247,274 votes, triumphing seven LGAs.
Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata finished third with 22,761 votes.
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Published 9/26/2024