- PDP Clears 13 LGAs, APC Wins 5
- Ovia Southwest’s Results Seal Obaseki’s Victory
- Oshiomhole Delivers Own LGA
As Governor Godwin Obaseki cleared 13 LGAs to bag a re-election victory, the immediate National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole held on to his local government, Etsako West in Edo North, making it a fortress of some sorts as the People’s Democratic Party failed to pull the massive vote numbers it has garnered elsewhere in the Edo governorship election.
According to the result declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for Etsako West, the APC candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize Iyamu had polled 26,149 votes to defeat Obaseki who polled 17,959 votes.
48,846 voters were accredited for the election in the local government, while some votes were canceled in Ward 10.
Recall Oshiomhole and Obaseki’s godson/godfather relationship has since hit the rock, dominating much of run-up to the guber poll and even helped to define it in some quarters as Obaseki ported to the PDP after he was disqualified by APC, something many saw as Oshiomhole’s way of fighting back.
The whole hullabaloo and strong sentiments among voters were sustained during the weeks-long campaign up to the election morning, Saturday.
However, the former APC Chairman may have passed a message with the latest results that he’s not a pushover at the home front.
Meanwhile, Governor Obaseki of the PDP is cruising ahead of his APC counterpart, Ize-Iyamu, results from 18 local councils declared by INEC has shown.
According to the collated results of the governorship election announced in 18 LGAs on Sunday Obaseki is ahead with 307,955 votes.
APC’s Ize-Iyamu has garnered 223,619 votes
While the PDP won in 13 councils, APC’s Ize-Iyamu only grabbed five, including Oshiomhole’s Etsako West.
- INEC’s Official Results In 18 LGAs:
Ovia Southwest
APC – 10,636
PDP – 12,659
Orhionmwon
APC – 10,458
PDP – 13,445
Esan West
APC – 7,189
PDP – 17,434
Oredo
APC – 18,365
PDP – 43,498
Esan South-East
APC – 9,237
PDP – 10,563
Etsako West
APC – 26,140
PDP – 17,959
Ovia North-East
APC – 9,907
PDP – 16,987
Owan West
APC – 11,193
PDP – 11,485
Owan East
APC – 19,295
PDP – 14,762
Egor
APC – 10,202
PDP – 27,621
Uhunmwonde
APC – 5,972
PDP – 10,022
Ikpoba Okha
APC – 18,218
PDP – 41,030
Esan Central
APC – 6,719
PDP – 10,794
Esan North-East
APC – 6556
PDP – 13,579
Igueben LG
APC – 5199
PDP – 7870
Akoko Edo LG
APC : 22,963
PDP: 20,101
Etsako East LG
APC :17,011
PDP : 10,668
Etsako Central
APC : 8,359
PDP : 7,478
