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Edo Decides: Obaseki Maintains Early Win With Over 50,000 Votes Gap

Few hours after Godwin Obaseki, governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) dusted his All Progressives Congress (APC) rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, with over 14,000 votes, the PDP candidate has added over 36,000 votes to the gap in his early win

WITHIN NIGERIA had reported that Obaseki was leading as of 12:45am on Sunday when INEC declared results in four local government areas.

Seven (7) additional local government areas results have been declared by officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Obaseki has maintained the victory with over 50,000 votes gap.

See announced local governments and their results below

Igueben

PDP: 7,870
APC: 5,199

Esan central

PDP: 10,964
APC: 6,719

Esan north-east

PDP: 13,579
APC: 6,559

Esan south-east

PDP: 10,565
APC: 9,237

Ikpoba Okha

PDP: 41,030
APC: 18,218

Owan east

PDP: 14,762
APC: 19,295

Etsako west

PDP 17,959
APC 26,140

Egor

PDP: 27, 621
APC: 10, 202

Esan west

PDP – 17,433
APC – 7,189

Uhunmwonde

PDP: 10,022
APC: 5,972

Etsako east

PDP: 10,668
APC: 17,011

TOTAL:

PDP: 182,473
APC: 131,741