Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been declared winner of the Edo State governorship election held on Saturday.
Okpebholo secured a total of 291,667 votes. His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), garnered 247,655 votes.
Olumide Akpata, representing the Labour Party (LP), finished third, receiving a total of 22,763 votes.
Farouk Adamu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returning officer in Edo, announced the results of the election on Sunday evening.
The votes come from a total of 2.2 million voters with permanent voter cards across the 18 Local Government Areas and 4,519 polling units in Edo State.
