Edo election: APC candidate, Obaseki beats PDP’s Ize-Iyamu

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has declared Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the winner of the Edo state governorship election.
Obaseki,who is the  Chairman of the Edo State Economic and Strategy Team, defeated other candidates like Pius Odubu, deputy governor of the state.

He polled 319,483 votes to defeat his rival, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, who garnered 253,173 votes.

Accredited Voters were 622,039, wile Registered Voters were 1,900,22

Ize-Iyamu and his party, PDP, have reportedly rejected the results declared by INEC, even before the final tally.

Ize-Iyamu said to reporters at the Benin residence of INEC has carried out a “rape of democracy”.

He said “Contrary to claim that PDP brought in 8,000 militants, the election showed that PDP is law-abiding and did not involve in illegality. The delays in announcing official result by INEC was in order to announce predetermined fabricated results.

“The figures being announced by INEC do not represent the massive turnout. We have told our agents to bring all the results issued at the polling units. We do not want to rely on the messages they sent.

“In the next three or four days, we will have complete record. From findings, it is clear a lot of manipulation has taken place.”

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