Edo State Governorship Election 2024: Live Updates as Ighodalo, Okpebholo, Akpata Battle for Votes
Benin City, Edo state—The Edo 2024 Governorship Election is shaping up to be a highly competitive race as voters head to the polls to choose the next state governor to succeed Godwin Obaseki. The top three candidates are Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP).
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Stay tuned for Legit.ng's live updates and coverage of the election, including the voting process, turnout, and results across the state.
Voting commenced at Philip Shaibu polling unit
Voting has commenced at Azama Primary School, Ward 11, PU05, Etsako West LGA
This is where Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of the state, is expected to vote. EFCC officials have just arrived to monitor the process.
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Edo: INEC gives condition to upload results
The Edo resident electoral commissioner (REC), Anugbum Onuoha, has said the results of the state's governorship election 2024 will be uploaded to the IReV if there are no network issues.
Speaking with Arise News in an interview published on the platform’s verified X (formerly Twitter) page on Saturday morning, September 21, Onuoha said election results will be transmitted electronically.
Edo governorship election 2024: APC, PDP share concerns
Peter Uwadiae, the All Progressives Congress (APC) spokesperson in Edo, has expressed his party's readiness for the 2024 governorship election in the state, although his party are worried.
In the same vein, while expressing readiness for the election, Pedro Obaseki, the deputy director-general of media for the PDP campaign, voiced concerns that thugs could hijack the process.
Voting begins at Esan central
INEC has announced that accreditation and voting began at exactly 8:30am at Polling Unit 005, Registration Ward 05, Idumebo primary school, Esan Central Local Government Area.
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Voting begins at Gov Obaseki polling unit
INEC has resumed the voting process at Governor Obaseki's polling unit.
A video of the development has emerged. See the video here:
Photos: Voters gathered at Obaseki polling unit
People at Governor Obaseki polling units have come out to cast their votes as they came before INEC officials.
The pictures of the voters were shared by Vanguard. See the pictures here:
INEC official setting up election material in Etsako West
Location: Elele Inigbi Primary School, Ward 9, PU09, Etsako West LGA
Update: INEC officials are setting up, and voters are perusing the list of valid registrants for their names. The presiding officers tell The Cable they are expecting chairs so they can begin the process.
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Police arrest PDP members with guns
The Nigeria Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in curbing electoral violence in Edo State with the arrest of two political thugs, Edwin Obanor and Audu Tajudeen.
Obanor, 43, was apprehended at Oredo Ward 4 around 9 pm, while Tajudeen, a 41-year-oldPeoples Democratic Party (PDP) member from Ugbogbo quarters, Igara Akoko, was caught in Igara Akoko on the eve of the election.
See the full statement here:
INEC Officers turn up at RAC Centres
Video of INEC officials taking election materials to polling units have emerged.
This is as the people of Edo state are setting out to election a new governor. See the video here:
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