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By Abiola Olawale

The governorship candidate of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, has won the polling unit of Olumide Akpata, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP).

The New Diplomat reports that Ighodalo polled 41 votes at polling unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo LGA in Benin City, the capital of Edo State, to defeat Akpata, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who garnered 32 votes

Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), scored 19 votes.

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