Labour Party Wins Presidential Election in Edo

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Peter Obi of Labour Party (LP) as winner of the Saturday presidential election in Edo State with 331,163 votes to defeat the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who scored 144,471 and 89,585 votes respectively. The final results was announced Monday by INEC’s Collation Officer in the state, Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, the Vice-Chancellor of University of Uyo (UNIUYO), Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. According to the declared results, the  total registered voters are 2,501,081, while the accredited voters are 603,894. The votes are: A – 739 AA – 329 AAC – 530 ADC – 2,306 ADP – 1069 APC – 144,471 APGA – 960 APN – 661 APP – 324 BP – 993 LP – 331,163 NNPP – 2,743 NRM – 393 PDP – 89,585 PRP – 216 SDP – 296 YPP – 406 ZLP – 4082 Total valid – 581266 Rejected – 19129 Total votes – 600395