Obaseki Appeals For Calm Over Edo Gov Election Result

Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has appealed to residents to remain calm over the outcome of the governorship election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

INEC has declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the keenly contested election in the South-South state.

Okpebholo, 54, secured 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who got 247,274 and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant third in the race with 22,761 votes.

Reacting in a statement, Obaseki, who said the election was marred with disregard to processes and rule of law, urged aggrieved persons to explore the legal options to express their reactions.