The All Progressives Congress (APC) has taken the lead within the Edo governorship election after the collation of outcomes from 16 LGAs.
Outcomes from the remaining two LGAs are being anticipated on the collation centre of the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) in Benin, the Edo capital.
The train commenced on Sunday morning after it didn’t kick off after the election on Saturday.
To this point, the APC has bagged 244,549 votes. The Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) has 195,954 whereas the Labour Celebration (LP) has polled 13,348 votes.
The election featured 17 candidates — however Asue Ighodalo of the PDP, Monday Okpebholo of the APC and Olumide Akpata of the LP are the most important contenders.
From the outcomes introduced to date, the APC has gained 10 LGAs whereas PDP, the ruling social gathering within the state, has been victorious in 10.
For many components of the collation course of, PDP brokers pushed again in opposition to outcomes from numerous LGAs, describing a few of them as “manufactured”.
Officers of INEC have appealed to aggrieved events to embrace the suitable channel to problem the result of the election.
The collation train is predicted to renew by 5pm on Sunday.
