Obaseki’s PDP Wins 12 Out of 19 Edo Assembly Seats

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won 12 seats out of the 19 constituency seats so far declared in the Edo House of Assembly elections conducted on March 18.

There are 24 seats in the Edo House of Assembly.

Results from five other constituencies – Egor, Etsako I, Etsako II, Oredo East and Ovia Southwest have yet to be announced.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has so far won six seats while Labour Party (LP) won one seat.

Meanwhile, Marcus Onobun, Speaker of the Edo House of Assembly and candidate of the PDP, has won in Esan West, Esan Central and Igueben Federal Constituency in the rescheduled election.

INEC’s Resident Electoral Commissioner in Edo, Obo Efanga, said: “We had an election into Esan Central/Esan West/Igueben Federal Constituency, which we could not conduct along with others on February 25″

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