EDO GOVERNORSHIP RACE: Obaseki poises for victory as PDP rejects result

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EDO GOVERNORSHIP RACE: Obaseki poises for victory as PDP rejects resultĀ 

Mr. Godwin Noghaghese Obaseki, the governorship candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo State may have emerged governor-elect in the state, having won 11 out of the 18 Local Government Areas, according to reports reaching The New Diplomat.

This is even as leading rival, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state has rejected the results of Wednesday’s elections.

The results from 17 local governments so far show the ruling APC has an unassailable lead of 306,663 votes to the PDP’s 244,363 votes.Ā Only one local government is yet to be announced.

According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria, the Edo PDP State chairman, Dan Orbi, alleged that the results were pre-determined and fabricated.

The party rejected the results at a press conference addressed by Mr. Orbih, on Thursday in Benin, NAN reports.

The press conference was also attended the party’s governorship candidate in the election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

The party and its candidate said they rejected the results because they were ā€œfabricated and a pre-determinedā€ by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Edo Government.

Mr. Orbih said the results as they were being announced by the INEC, were at a complete variance with what the party got from it agents and independent observers.

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