Update On Edo Election: PDP Wins In Former APC Chairman’s Polling Unit

One of the latest major updates in today's (Saturday) Edo governorship election is that Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has triumphed in the polling unit of former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), John Odigie-Oyegun.

AllNews understands that Obaseki polled 109 votes to defeat Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC who collected 40 votes at polling unit 02, ward 002, Oredo local government area of the South-South state.

John Odigie-Oyegun in 2016 fell out with the APC hierarchy

Oyegun had refused to endorse Ize-Iyamu in the buildup to the election, asking the people to vote for the candidate of their choice.

“I stand with the people of Edo State and urge them to come out massively to exercise their democratic rights. They should vote for good governance, common decency, principled leadership, especially in the political arena and the protection of their democratic rights,” Oyegun had said in a statement.

“They should by their votes make clear that it is their right to choose their governor and nobody else’s. There is no room for fence-sitters.”

Recall AllNews reported earlier on Saturday that Obaseki defeated Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the APC at his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19 in Oredo Local Government Area. While some voting points have concluded vote-counting exercise, other polling units are still in the counting process.