Senator Monday Okpebholo has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primaries in Edo State.
Okpebholo polled 12,433 votes to defeat 11 other aspirants who contested the re-run election.
The rerun poll was initiated after the first contest was declared inconclusive by the leadership of the ruling party.
Recall that the senator was one of the three winners that emerged from last Saturday’s cancelled poll.
Following the collation of results from the 18 Local Government Areas, the new Chairman of the election committee and Governor of Cross River State, Bassey Otu, announced the final outcome of the exercise officially in Benin, the Edo Statecapital.
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Earlier, The Eagle Online had reported that Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State was replaced with Otu who, according to the APC, hinted that he won’t be available for the re-run election.
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