Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State.
By Nwafor Sunday
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Godwin Obaseki defeated his closet opponent Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in 13 local governments.
Ize-Iyamu won in five local governments with a total of 223,619 votes, while Obaseki polled 307,955 to defeat all the contenders.
He defeated Ize-Iyamu with about 84,336 votes.
Why Obaseki was victorious in Edo Guber election
Obaseki had in a final campaign rally in Benin City, said that with the support of Edo people and the endorsements by over 100 groups in the state, he was certain of victory.
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Below are the results as announced by INEC
AKOKO EDO
APC – 22,963
PDP – 20,101
EGOR
APC- 10,202
PDP – 27,621
ESAN CENTRAL
APC – 6,719
PDP – 10,794
ESAN NORTH EAST
APC – 6,556
PDP – 13,579
ESAN SOUTH EAST
APC – 9,237
PDP – 10,563
ESAN WEST
APC – 7,189
PDP – 17,434
ETSAKO CENTRAL
APC – 8,359
PDP – 7,478
ETSAKO EAST
APC – 17,011
PDP – 10,668
ETSAKO WEST
APC – 26,140
PDP – 17,959
IGUEBEN
APC – 5,199
PDP – 7,870
IKPOBA OKHA
APC – 18,218
PDP – 41,030
OREDO
APC – 18,365
PDP – 43,498
ORHIONMWON
APC – 10,458
PDP – 13,445
OVIA NORTH EAST
APC – 9,907
PDP – 16,987
OVIA SOUTH WEST
APC – 10,636
PDP – 12,659
OWAN EAST
APC – 19,295
PDP – 14,762
OWAN WEST
APC – 11,193
PDP – 11,485
UHUNMWODE
APC – 5,972
PDP – 10,022
