Panic as PDP Supporters Take Protest to INEC Office, Details Emerge

• PDP members have stormed the headquarters of INEC in Benin City over the Edo state governorship election results
• The protesters are demanding the reversal of the election results where the electoral commission had declared APC's Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the poll
• According to the PDP protesters, Asue Ighodalo, the party's candidate in the election, won the poll and INEC should declare him the winner

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State took to the streets on Wednesday, October 2, protesting at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin City, the state capital.

They demanded a reversal of the September 21, 2024, governorship election results, claiming Asue Ighodalo, their candidate, was the true winner, not Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

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PDP accuses INEC over Edo results

Channels TV reported that the protesters, armed with placards and PDP insignia, alleged electoral irregularities and called for transparency in the results upload process.

According to INEC, the APC candidate polled 291,667 votes, while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Asue Ighodalo, came second with 247,274 votes. Meanwhile, Labour Party's Olumide Akpata emerged third with 22,763 votes.

According to the election result announced by INEC and monitored by Legit.ng, the APC won eleven local government areas in the state, while the PDP won seven councils.

Edo election is a three-horse race

The Edo governorship election had been seen as a three-horse race, with Ighodalo of the PDP, Monday Okpebholo of the APC, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party at the forefront.

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24hrs after, INEC yet to completely upload Edo governorship election results on IReV

There have been controversies around the election, with the PDP and Governor Godwin Obaseki raising several allegations against INEC and the APC for manipulating the result in favour of Okpebholo.

The PDP has officially announced the election result, and its candidate, Ighodalo, has hinted at the party's plan to challenge the outcome at the tribunal.

INEC yet to upload Edo election results on IREV

Legit.ng earlier reported that the Edo governorship election results are yet to be completely uploaded on the INEC IReV portal 24 hours after the winner was announced.

INEC had declared Monday Okpebholo of the APC as the winner of the Saturday, September 21, governorship election in Edo.

A check by Legit.ng as of 6 pm on Monday, September 23, indicated that the commission has yet to update the portal from Sunday morning when it was last updated.

Source: Legit.ng