Edo Politics: APC Governorship Candidate Emerged

Godwin Obaseki

Naija News and Gossip update: Politics
Ahead of Governorship election in Edo state, the All Progressive Congress has conducted its primary election and a winner has been emerged. Godwin Obaseki, won on a landslide with 1,618 votes.

It was not just only about the Edo state economic and strategy team boss, who contested the APC governorship primary election, but there were other 11 contestants with him, when the primaries began on Saturday, June 18 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin, the state capital. The other major aspirants were Dr Pius Odubu, the current deputy governor; a former governor and former senator, Professor Oserhiemen Osunbor, as well as a former Minister of State for Works, Chris Ogiemwonyi.

The other aspirants who made up the numbers were: Maj-Gen Charles Airhiavbere (retd.), Kenneth  Imasuagbon, Peter Esele, ‎Tina Agbarha, Blessing Agbomere, Emmanuel Arigbe-Osula, Professor Ebegue Amadasun and Austin Emuan.

Punch informed that after the election was concluded, Obaseki got a total of 1,618 votes to win by a landslide margin over the other contestants.‎ His closest rival was the deputy governor, who came a distant second with 471 votes. Imasuagbon and Ogiemwonyi had 247 and 137 to settle for third and fourth places, respectively. While, Airhiavbere got 11 votes while Arigbe-Osula had 10 votes. Other results are Esele (eight votes), Amadasun (eight votes), Emuan (seven votes) and Agbomere (five votes) in that order. The only female aspirant in the election was Agbarha. She had a total of three votes. The total number of votes cancelled was 41.