A statement by the APC Chairman in Edo, Jarret Tenebe, described the incident as “deeply disturbing and unacceptable act of violence that undermined the sanctity of the judicial process.”
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According to the result declared on Sunday in Benin City, the state capital, the candidate of the APC, Senator Monday Okpebholo, polled a total of 30,780 votes in the LG, while Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party secured 24,938 votes.
In the results announced so far by the commission, the All Progressives Congress has won in 10 out of 18 local government areas of the state, while the PDP won in six local governments.
The party said the results generated and collated by its agents indicated that the PDP candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo clearly won the election.
Briefing journalists at its situation room inside the government house, the Edo State Chairman of the PDP, Anthony Aziegbemi
A joint statement by six civil society groups urged the security agencies to allow the media and observers full access to collation centres for transparency.
The report from the portal on Saturday revealed that 2,809 results out of 4,519 polling units where elections were conducted in the state have been uploaded to the portal.
Speaking to journalists after casting his votes at about 11:57 a.m. at Oredo Ward 4, unit 19, Emokpae Primary School, Obaseki also commended the presence of security agencies.
The party’s top shot said during his visit to the Adamawa State APC Secretariat on Saturday in Yola, adding that the party would never repeat the same mistakes in the 2023 general elections.
Ewuare also congratulated Gov. Godwin Obaseki for his re-election for a second term in office.
They also commended the Independent National Electoral Commission for conducting a free and fair election in the state.
The Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, (PDP Abia), on Sunday in Abuja said the victory signalled a new dawn and ultimate end of godfatherism in Nigerian politics.
The commendation is contained in a statement signed by the co-conveners of the centre, Ariyo-Dare Atoye and Adebayo Raphael issued in Benin on Sunday.
Adeleye Oyebade, Deputy Inspector-General of Police, who heads the Edo election Security Monitoring Team, told the News Agency of Nigeria that they were moving to areas where they had earlier received complaints of gunshots.
Oyebade said this on Saturday in Benin, after inspecting the Independent National Electoral Commission office where the final collation of the Edo governorship election results would take place.
The Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO), Asst. Corps Marshall Bisi Kazeem who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja added that all the certified vehicles were for effective monitoring during and after the election.
Crusoe Osagie, Special Adviser on media and communications strategy to the governor, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Benin.
Danjuma, who is the wife of retired General Theophilus Danjuma, made the call at a reception organised in her honour by Edo women in Benin.
Adamu disclosed this at a stakeholders meeting organised by the Independent National Electoral Commission in Benin ahead of the governorship election holding on Sept. 19.
NEBPRIL made this call in Abuja on Sunday in a statement signed by its Chairman, Hon. Victor Afam Ogene, a former member House of Representatives.