#EdoDecides2020: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu Win Polling Units + Other Results

'Dotun Akintomide
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By Gbenga Abulude(Politics and General desk)

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governorship candidate and Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki has won his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19.

Obaseki got 184 votes while Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress (APC) secured 62 votes at the unit.

In Unit 21, PDP got 53 votes while the APC polled 33 votes.

Obaseki’s PDP polled 70 votes but Ize-Iyamu’s APC got 65 votes. In Unit 23, it was PDP 101, APC 32.

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, floored Obaseki at his polling unit Ward 5, Iguododo community in Orhionwon Local Government Area.

Ize-Iyamu polled 292 votes, while Godwin Obaseki got 21.

In Unit 24 of Oredo Ward 4, PDP won with 94 votes, while the APC got 50 votes.

In Unit 25, the PDP got 33 votes ahead of the APC that had 22 votes.

Result from the ward, Unit 26 indicates that APC scored 40 votes while the PDP got 98 votes.

In Unit 7, it is the PDP, 93 votes, APC 28 votes, while in Unit 28, it is PDP, 77 votes and APC, 39 votes.

Voting ended in most of the areas at 2.30 pm

In a related development, Obaseki has also won in the polling unit of former National chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.

He polled 109 votes to defeat Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC who garnered 40 votes.

Recall that Oyegun had refused to endorse Ize-Iyamu in the buildup to the election, asking the people to vote their election.

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