Edo citizens on Wednesday, September 28, came out en masse to vote their next governor.
Voters in a celebratory mood at a polling unit in Edo state.
Nineteen candidates are vying for governorship ticket, but many believe it is a two horse race between Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party.
Edo state has a total of 1,925,105 registered voters; 192 Registration Areas (RAs); 2,627 Polling Units (PUs); and 4,011 Voting Points (VPs).
A total of 25,000 police officers were deployed across the state to ensure peace and security during the polls, while 44 observer groups were accredited by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as election monitors.
In most polling unit, NAIJ.com’s reporters and photo journalist observed the election were peaceful and INEC officials were seen setting up ballot boxes at various centres in Benin city as early as 7:45 am.
The election has been concluded in most part of the state and unofficial results have started trickling in.
Reports suggest that after collation of 727 Polling Units out of 2,672 Units in Edo state, APC has a total of 69,196votes while PDP has 75,088votes; with over 13000 rendered invalid.
Disclaimer: Please note that the results below are unofficial as only INEC has the right to collate and announce the results of the election.
Ekosodin, Ovia NE, Unit 13
APC 67
PDP 144
Esan south East Unti 10 ward 10
APC 72
PDP 275
Owan West LGA Ward 11 results for all 19 Polling Units
APC 1461
PDP 989
Orhionwmon LGA Ward 5
Unit 26 APC 1
PDP 369
Ovia South West LGA Udo Ward 5 Unit 2
APC 159
PDP 62
Total Result, Esan North East, Ward 11:
APC 648
PDP 1211
Esan south East unti 10 ward 10.. APC 72, PDP 275,
Esan south East unti 10 ward 10.. APC 72, PDP 275,
AKOKO-EDO WARD 9 UNIT 1:
APC 653
PDP 106
UNIT 2: APC 416, PDP 148
Esan North East Ward 10 unit 5
APC 204
PDP 193
Esan North East Ward 10 unit 7
APC 92
PDP 69
Etsako West LGA Ward 5 Unit 6
APC 238
PDP 94
Owan East Ward 11 Unit 2
APC 244
PDP 39
Owan East Ward 11 unit 3
APC 179,
PDP 68.
Owan East Ward 11 unit 4
APC 217,
PDP 59
Owan East Ward 11 unit 5
APC 248
PDP 32
Owan East Ward 11 Unit 5
APC 248
PDP 32
Owan East Ward 11 unit 10,
APC 79
PDP 30
Owan East Ward 11 unit 8
APC 186
PDP 65
Owan East Ward 11 unit 9
APC 137
PDP 52
Owan East Ward 11 unit 12
APC 158
PDP 48
Owan East Ward 11 unit 13
APC 217
PDP 10
Etsako Central ward 1, Units:
1: APC 161, PDP 151
2: APC 130, PDP 98
3: APC 122, PDP 123
Akoko Edo, Ward 5, Unit 5:
APC 58
PDP 46
Oredo LG so far: Results Collation:
APC 2175
PDP 1950
Owan East Ward 11 unit 6
APC 187
PDP 38
Owan East Ward 11 unit 4
APC 217
PDP 59
Owan East Ward 11 unit 1
APC 186
PDP 34
Ward 8, Efandion, Uromi
PDP 1,728
APC 785
Etsako West, Ward 11, Unit 2
APC 147
PDP 23
Etsako Central Ward 1, Unit 7
APC 41
PDP 60
Esan Central, Ward 3 Unit 7:
APC 65
PDP 74
Esan North East Ward 7, Unit 13
PDP 239
APC 103
Oredo Ward 1, Unit 18
APC 208
PDP 168
Orhionwon Ward 12 unit 9
APC 102
PDP 54
Orhionwmon Ward 11, Unit 3
APC 113
PDP 192
Ovia North East LGA, Ward 1, Unit 2
PDP 289
APC 224
Orhionwon Ward 12 Unit 10
APC 26
PDP 57
Oredo Ward 4 Unit 19
APC 160
PDP 77
Esan North East Ward 11, Unit 1
APC – 93
PDP – 128
Etsako East Ward 8 unit 8:
APC 163
PDP 210
Ikpoba okha Ward 7 unit 34
Apc 159
PDP 81
Etsako West, Ward 10 Unit 1
PDP: 2 votes
APC: 752 votes
Ikpoba Okha Ward 9 Unit 25
APC 50
PDP 50
After collation of 520 polling units.
APC – 53238
PDP – 55112
Invalid – 7391
After 450 Polling Units, APC leads with over 3,000 votes:
APC 51,793
PDP 48,029
Uhunmwode Ward 8, Unit 1
APC – 211
PDP – 75
PDP edge out APC in Fugar, Etsakor Central local government area.
Ward 2 Unit 4
APC 214
PDP 308
With 404 polling units in so far:
APC- 45, 095
PDP- 41,712
With 387 polling units in so far:
APC- 42,176
PDP – 39,606
Invalid – 6,291
Owan East Eke Primary School 007/011
PDP – 120
APC – 107
Invalid – 229
Ward 5 Unit 1
APC 77
PDP 129
APC edge out PDP in Ordo
Ward 11, Unit 17
APC 103
PDP 81
PDP 81
Ward 11, Unit 19
APC 98
PDP 95
PDP 95
Ward 11, unit 20,
APC 110
PDP 73
PDP 73
Ward 11, unit 21
APC 103
PDP 81
PDP 81
Etsako West, (AUCHI) Ward 2, Unit 1 PDP 94 APC 176 ACPN 5
Estako West, ward 11, UNIT 11 APC 239 PDP 54 Invalid 470
Esan West, UNIT 11 APC 69 PDP 158 Invalid 21
Ikpoba Okha Ward 2, Unit 12 APC – 92 PDP – 85
Akoko Edo ward 5 unit 3 ,APC 177, PDP 75
Oredo Ward 1 unit 6 APC 150 PDP 96
Ovia North East LGA, Ward 6, Unit 6. APC 231 PDP 151
Oredo Ward 2, Unit 1 (Oyegun’s unit) APC – 69 votes, PDP – 78 votes.
Orhionmwon Ward 1, Unit 12: APC 119 PDP 70
Oredo Unit 2; APC 93 ,PDP 90 ward 12
EGOR LGA, Ward 3,Unit 18; AA – 23, APC – 279, KOWA – 17, PDP – 288, SDP -21, UPP – 0
UNIT 19 ; APC- 117, KOWA – 6,PDP – 422, SDP – 13, UPP – 1
