WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Collation of results of Edo Governorship election has resumed with All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo coasting to victory in the Edo State governorship election as he has won 11 out of the 17 Local Government Areas results announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday. According to the results from 17 out of 18 LGAs announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, APC is leading by 275,329 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, follows with 220,892. The Labour Party, LP, is third with 18,737 votes. However, an agent of the PDP in Oredo Local Government contested the results, claiming that the results were tampered. This is as APC disagreed with the PDP member over claims that the results have been tampered with. On his part, Prof Kuta called for calm. The pending LGA is Ikpoba-Okha. See Details: Oredo LGA APC- 30,780 Etsako West LGA: APC : 32,107 PDP : 17,483 LP : 2,116 Etsako Central LG APC:11,906 PDP: 8,455 LP: 381 Etsako East LG APC: 20,167 PDP: 9,683 LP: 604 Egor Local Government Area. APC: 16,760 LP: 1,966 PDP: 14,658 Ovia North-East LG APC: 13,225 PDP: 15,311 LP: 1,675 Uhunmwonde LG APC: 8,776 PDP: 9,339 LP: 769 Owan West LG APC: 12,277 PDP: 11,284 LP: 201 Esan West LG APC: 12,952 PDP: 11,004 LP: 342 Igueben LG APC: 5,907 PDP: 8,470 LP: 494 Akoko-Edo LG APC: 34,847 PDP: 15,865 LP: 2,239 Esan South-East LG APC: 8,398 PDP: 14,199 LP: 98 Esan Central LG APC: 10,990 PDP: 8,618 LP: 418 Esan North-East LG APC: 10,648 PDP: 12,522 LP: 194 Ovia South-West LG APC: 10,150 PDP: 10,260 LP: 849 Owan East, LG APC: 19,380 PDP: 14,189 LP: 446 Orhionmwon LG APC: 16,059 PDP: 14,614 LP: 556
LP-5389
PDP- 24,938