BREAKING: APC Extends Victory Margin by Over 50,000 Votes in Edo Election, Details Emerge

• The APC candidate in Edo state, Senator Monday Okpebholo, is poised to win the governorship election, leading his main challenger, Asue Ighodalo of the PDP by over 50,000 votes after the announcement of results from 17 local government areas
• Although the result from a single local government is still pending, Okpebholo has taken the lead
• Legit.ng reports that palpable tension pervaded Edo during the off-cycle governorship poll held in the state

Legit.ng journalist, Ridwan Adeola Yusuf, has over 9 years of experience covering politics and elections in Nigeria.

Benin City, Edo state - Monday Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2024 Edo state election, appears set for victory.

Legit.ng reports that Okpebholo is closely followed by the flagbearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo; while Labour Party's Olumide Akpata came in a distant third.

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has so far released the results of 17 local government areas (LGAs).

The APC has won 11 out of the 17 LGAs, so far collated and declared by INEC in Benin City. PDP triumphed in 6.

In the results declared so far, Okpebholo has secured 275,323 votes while Ighodalo has polled 220,892 votes, leaving a margin of 54,431.

Ikpoba-Okha is the only LGA yet to be announced.

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Earlier, Legit.ng reported that Godwin Obaseki, the incumbent governor of Edo, said he visited the state collation centre to get first-hand information about the process supervised by INEC.

Obaseki explained that he visited the INEC office because the agency "had refused to put any information in the public domain."

Obaseki spoke during a briefing by the PDP campaign organisation for the Edo state governorship election 2024.

Source: Legit.ng