INEC Declares Obaseki Edo Governor-Elect

The candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has been declared winner of the Edo State governorship election held, Wednesday.
The declaration was made Thursday, in Benin City, the state capital, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Obaseki won 319,483 votes, beating his closest rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), with a wide margin. Ize-Iyamu scored 253,173 votes.
The collation process was not without controversy, with some of the parties calling for either a recount of the votes in some areas or outright cancellation of the ballot due to irregularities.
PDP, in particular, is alleging that its victory in several areas had been overturned between midnight and this morning mainly through the voiding of valid votes and inflation of the votes of the ruling party.
Chieftains and representatives of KOWA Party and Action Alliance, while reacting to figures announced at the collation centre in Benin City, the state capital, also called for the cancellation of the election, alleging that it was marred by inducement and over-voting, among other malpractices.
However, hundreds of PDP supporters held a protest at the INEC office in Benin where the exercise was taking place.
The protesters alleged that results from their areas were manipulated and that there results were cancelled in areas that were PDP strongholds. They called on INEC to suspend collation of result from the areas, including Esan North-East LGA.
The protesters were, however, dispersed by the police with tear gas as the protest became more heated.
Some agents, including that of KOWA Party, called for the cancellation of the result, with others, including the APC candidate urging them to go to court.
Also, PDP’s agent, Chris Agbonwanegbe, refused to sign the result sheet, saying it was “rehearsed and produced”.
See Officially Announced LGA-by-LGA Results Below:
Owan West
APC: 12,862
PDP: 10,132
Egor
APC: 26,177
PDP: 19,514
Esan North East
APC: 9,130
PDP: 16,220
Igueben
APC: 7,802
PDP: 7,560
Uhunmwode
APC: 10,911
PDP: 8,667
6 Esan South East
APC: 9,554
PDP: 11,466
Oredo
APC: 37,612
PDP: 30,492
Orhionmwon
APC: 15,262
PDP: 16,446
Esan West
APC 13,114
PDP 16,311
Owan East
APC: 21, 233
PDP: 12,889
Ovia North East
APC: 17,561
PDP: 13,141
Esan Central
APC: 9,781
PDP: 10,180
Etsako East
APC: 18,078
PDP: 12,552
Etsako Central
APC: 10,373
PDP: 8,827
Etsako West
APC: 29,199
PDP: 10,843
Ikpoba-Okha
APC: 33,469
PDP: 26,096
Akoko-Edo
APC: 24,545
PDP: 13,027
Ovia South-West
APC: 12,820
PDP: 8,810
Total:
 APC: 319,483
PDP: 253,173