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Edo 2024 PDP Guber Candidate Ighodalo fielding questions from newsmen
•Akpata loses polling unit to Ighodalo as Obaseki wins polling unit
Olumide Akpata, Labour Party (LP) candidate in the Edo Governorship Election, has lost his polling unit to candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo.
According to the result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area, Ighodalo polled 41 votes while Akpata trailed with 32 votes.
Monday Okpebholo of the All Progress Congress (APC) came third with 19 votes.
Earlier, Ighodalo also emerged victorious at the polling unit in Idumuoka Primary Health Centre of Igueben Local Government Area of Edo State.
According to the result declared at the polling unit, Ighodalo polled 104 votes to defeat Okpebholo, who secured 34 votes, while Akpata came a distant third with four votes.
It was yet another victory for Ighodalo when the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, won his polling unit: PU19, ward 04, Oredo LGA. PDP got 127 votes against APC that got 35, while LP got 11.
The early results justified the confidence of Ighodalo, who after casting his ballot earlier on Saturday, boasted that he would win the governorship election by landslide.
“We will win this election by landslide and move our state forward by God’s grace. If there is anybody at home, please come out and cast your vote. We are not comfortable with the little shenanigans that is going on particularly from the APC guys. This is a single state election and INEC has all the time to prepare, so there was no need for the delay,” Ighodalo had said.
