Omosede Igbinedion, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ovia Federal Constituency by-election in Edo, on Saturday declined to speak with journalists after casting her ballot.
By Usman Aliyu and Nefishetu Yakubu
Omosede Igbinedion, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Ovia Federal Constituency by-election in Edo, on Saturday declined to speak with journalists after casting her ballot.
She cast her vote at Unit 2, Ikaladerhan Primary School 2, Okada West Ward I, in Ovia North East Local Government at about 10 a.m.
Igbinedion, who is making a political comeback bid to the House of Representatives, previously represented the constituency between 2015 and 2019 under the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
She lost her re-election bids in 2019 and 2023 to Dennis Idahosa of the APC, who now serves as the state’s Deputy Governor.
In 2024, Igbinedion defected to the APC, joining forces with the party in a dramatic political shift that contributed to the PDP’s defeat in the Sept. 2024 governorship election.
She later clinched the APC ticket for the ongoing by-election.
Meanwhile, the election witnessed a heavy deployment of security operatives across Ovia North East, to ensure orderliness at polling stations in spite of a noticeable low turnout of voters.
By 1 p.m., checks across several wards revealed that most polling units had become largely deserted, as voters stopped trooping in. (NAN)