By Core Reporters
Benin (Core Reporters)the results for the governorship election in Edo trickle in, analysts have said that the election is a three-horse-race between the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) Monday Okpebholo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP).
It is reported that out of the 4519 polling units, INEC has uploaded the result sheets of 3995 polling units on the portal as of 06:40 pm on Saturday.
This means that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded over 88% of polling unit result sheets of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
On Saturday, September 21, 2024, the people of Edo State in South-South Nigeria voted to elect a new governor to succeed the incumbent, Godwin Obaseki, whose constitutional eight-year double terms will end on November 12, 2024.
Edo is one of the eight states where governorship elections are held off-season due to litigations and court judgements. Others are Anambra, Bayelsa, Ekiti, Imo, Kogi, Osun and Ondo.
According to INEC, there are 2,629,025 total number of registered voters and 4,519 polling units in Edo State. Out of this figure, 2,249,780 (85.57%) have Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and will decide Obaseki’s successor.
