The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has presented a certificate of return to Godwin Obaseki as the elected governor of Edo state.
Governor
Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, both of whom contested in the state
governorship election under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), were presented
with the certificate in Edo on Tuesday, September 22.
The
commission had declared him the winner of the Saturday poll after he got the
highest votes in the election that was conducted Governor Obaseki secured 307,955 votes across
18 local government areas (LGAs) to defeat Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), who polled a total of 223,619 votes.
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