Edo governorship battle: Obaseki, Ize-Iyamu win poll units
Governor Obaseki and Pastor Ize-Iyamu
Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, of the Peoples Democratic Party has won his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19 in the governorship election.
Obaseki polled 184 votes while his main rival, Pastor Osaze Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress, got 62 votes.
In the same ward, Unit 21, PDP got 53 votes while the APC polled 33 votes.
Obaseki’s PDP polled 70 votes ahead of Ize-Iyamu’s APC that garnered 65 votes. In Unit 23, it was PDP 101, APC 32.
In Unit 24 of the same Oredo Ward 4, PDP won with 94 votes, while the APC got 50 votes.
Still in the ward, but in Unit 25, the PDP got 33 votes ahead of the APC that had 22 votes.
Obaseki also won in the polling unit of former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, also a one-time governor of Edo State.
Obaseki polled 109 votes to defeat Ize-Iyamu, who got 40 votes.
Ize-Iyamu, however, won his polling unit at Ward 5, Iguododo community in Orhionwon Local Government Area.
He polled 292 votes while Obaseki got only 21 votes.
The election was generally peaceful and witnessed large turnout of voters.
Collation of votes is on-going.
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