BENIN CITY – GOVENROR Adams Oshiomhole led All Progressives Congress (APC) in
Edo state floored the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Assembly
elections held Saturday, winning 21 out of the 24 House of Assembly seats in
the state.
The
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief
Tony Anenih picked three seats for his party in his Edo Central senatorial
district of the state.
Meanwhile
unofficial results in the rescheduled Edo South senartorial election in
Oriomnwon Local Government Area of Edo state, indicated that the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Pharm. Matthew Urhoghide defeated the
Minority whip of the House of Representatives and APC candidate, Mr Samson
Osagie.
Results
from polling units indicated that though Osagie defeated Urhoghide in Oriomwon
but the poor voters turn out affected his chances in upturning the about 27,000
votes which Urhoghide was leading with after the March 28, National Assembly
elections in six Local Government Areas in Edo South.
Meantime,
the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo state, Mr Mike Igini, who declared
that elections have been concluded in the state, commended the people of the
state for their support throughout the elections.
Some of the House of Assembly results in Edo South indicated that the immediate
past Edo state Commissioner in the Board of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) and APC House of Assembly candidate in Ikpoba Okhai, Mr Henry
Okwuarobo polled 23,571 as against 14,459 polled by the PDP candidate.
The
former chairman of Egor Local Government Area and APC House of Assembly
candidate for Egor, Mr Crosby Eribo polled 19,554 t defeat the PDP candidate,
Nosa Adams who polled 12,233 votes. Results from the collations centers
indicated that the APC won the entire House of Assembly seats in Edo South and
Edo North senatorial districts of the state while they picked three out of the
six in Edo Central district.
Igini
who spoke to Vanguard Sunday said, “ First Edo state people I must commend them
for the kind of corporation they gave to the commission. I must commend them
the way and manner they appreciated that we stand for electoral justice, that
all that is required from us is to provide a level playing field. Haven looked
at the reports from other parts of the country you will see that the outcome of
the election is as contested by the candidates, it is a reflection of what the
people wanted.
“Baring
a few complaints here and there, any human activity of this complex nature you
will not expect that there will be no isolated case of deviation by one ad-hoc
staff or the other. Of course on account of politicians who are very very
desperate to want to have unfair advantage of the system? Over all I am very
satisfied, particularly with the performance of Saturday election unlike the
first election, our logistic arrangement was perfect.
“ We
got to all the polling unit as at 6am and materials were on ground. They were
areas we had issues with card readers in the morning but the problem was
quickly dealt with. The card readers worked in a very fantastic manner.
Personally, my level of satisfaction in this Saturday election was very
exceptional and I am very happy. I have kept faith that under my watch it will
be free, fair, credible election, providing a level playing field for all
candidates” he stated.
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