Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, emerged as the elected Governorship Candidate of the Labour Party (LP), while Senator Monday Okpebholo, clinched the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC) rescheduled direct primary election in preparation for the 21st September 2024 off-season election in Edo State.
The compiled LP results showed:
- Akpata scored 316 votes
- Kenneth Imansuangbon, 7 votes
- Sunday Eromosele, 7 votes
- Sergius Ogun, 4.
Chief returning officer for the primary election and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetulu, noted that the outcome of the exercise was a true testimony that the LP represented truth, hard work and transparency.
In his acceptance speech, Akpata paid tribute to the late Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu.
He spoke about Akeredolu’s trajectory, and described the late Governor as his mentor and predecessor as National Chairman of the NBA, promising to follow the Ondo Governor’s ideals.
In APC, Okpebholo was declared as the winner of the party’s rescheduled direct primary election.
The Senator representing Edo Central District in the Senate has now become the candidate of APC in the governorship election.
The Governor of Cross River State, Senator Bassey Otu, who was the Chairman of Edo APC’s shadow poll held yesterday, made the declaration after collating the results from the 18 local government areas’ returning officers that conducted the shadow poll in the 192 wards of the state.
The collation and declaration took place at Lushville Hotel and Suites, Gapiona Avenue, Government Reservation Area (GRA), Benin City.
- Okpebholo got 12,433
- Dennis Idahosa, 6,541 votes
Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, had in the previous primary election, declared House of Representatives member, Dennis Idahosa, winner.
