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BREAKING: Jubilation in Edo as Obaseki, Shaibu receive certificates of return from INEC [PHOTOS]

BREAKING: Jubilation in Edo as Obaseki, Shaibu receive certificates of return from INEC [PHOTOS]

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Ediri Oyibo
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Governor Godwin Obaseki and his Deputy, Philip Shaibu have been issued certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) after their victory in the just concluded governorship election in Edo State.

TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports INEC’s National Commissioner supervising Edo, Rivers and Bayelsa States, Mrs. May Agbamuche-Mbu presented the certificates of return to the winners of the Edo State Governorship election at the INEC’s office in Benin on Tuesday.

Earlier, Obaseki had received the official results sheet of the election from the election management body, after defeating Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the election.

“I have just received the results sheet of the Edo governorship election from INEC Nigeria, which provides details of the polls cast on Saturday. I appreciate Edo people for their support and unflinching resolve to reward our hard work. Congratulations to all of us once more,” Obaseki said shortly after receiving the results sheet.

The results sheet as received the Governor contained the details of the election as submitted by the returning and electoral officers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from the 18 Local Government Areas (LGAs) of the State.

According to the results, Godwin Obaseki secured 307,955 of the total votes, 84,336 more votes than his closest rival, Ize-Iyamu, who polled 223,619 votes. A total of 14 political parties fielded candidates to jostle for the office of the governor in the State.

Below are the official results of the Edo State Governorship election as announced by INEC:

Igueben LG

APC – 5199

PDP – 7870

Esan North-East

APC – 6,556

PDP – 13,579

Esan Central

APC – 6,719

PDP – 10,794

Ikpoba Okha

APC – 18,218

PDP – 41,030

Uhunmwonde

APC – 5,972

PDP – 10,022

Egor

APC – 10,202

PDP – 27,621

Owan East

APC – 19,295

PDP – 14,762

Owan West

APC – 11,193

PDP – 11,485

Ovia North-East

APC – 9,907

PDP – 16,987

Etsako West

APC – 26,140

PDP – 17,959

Esan South-East

APC – 9,237

PDP – 10,563

Oredo

APC – 18,365

PDP – 43,498

Esan West

APC – 7,189

PDP – 17,434

Akoko Edo

APC – 22,963

PDP – 20,101

Etsako East

APC – 17,011

PDP – 10,668

Etsako Central

APC – 8,359

PDP – 7,478

Orhionmwon

APC – 10,458

PDP – 13,445

Ovia South-West

APC – 10,636

PDP – 12,659

The Governor had lauded the people of Edo State for giving him the mandate to govern the State for a second time.

In his victory post on his official Twitter page, Obaseki who said words failed him, thanked the people of Edo for being courageous in their bid to end godfatherism in the state.

“Words fail me in saluting our teeming supporters who displayed immense courage in the face of threats, intimidation and brutalisation. The collective will of Edo people made itpossible for us to triumph over godfatherism. Congratulations to all Edo people,” Obaseki tweeted.