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  • Edo election result updates

    Edo election result updates

    Akoko Edo LGA:

    APC – 24,545

    PDP – 13, 027

    Registered Voters – 110,118

    Accredited Voters –39,945

     

    Ikpoba Okha LGA:

    APC – 33, 469

    PDP – 26, 096

    Registered Voters – 260,965

    Accredited Voters – 55, 348

     

    Etsako West LGA:

    APC – 29,199

    PDP – 10,843

    Registered Voters – 136, 664

    Accredited Voters – 45,620

     

    Etsako East LGA:

    APC – 18,078

    PDP – 12,552

    Registered voters – 66, 277

    Accredited voters – 33, 032

     

    Etsako Central LGA:

    APC – 10, 373
    PDP – 8, 827
    Registered voters – 43, 049
    Accredited voters – 20, 145

     

    Esan Central LGA:

    APC – 9, 781
    PDP – 10, 180
    Registered voters – 50, 603
    Accredited voters – 21, 400

     

    Owan East LGA:

    APC – 21, 233
    PDP – 12, 889
    Registered voters – 76, 455
    Accredited voters – 36, 271

     

     

    Owan West LGA:
    APC – 12,862
    PDP – 10,132
    Total Registered Voters: 54,406
    Total Accredited Voters: 24,487
    Total valid Votes: 23,290

    Oredo LGA:
    APC – 37,612,
    PDP – 30,492.
    Vote cast – 73,712.
    Valid votes – 69, 401.
    Rejected votes – 4,311

    Egor LGA:

    APC –  26,177
    PDP – 19,514
    Total Registered Voters: 184,296
    Total Accredited Voters: 49,802

    Igueben LGA:

    APC – 7, 802

    PDP – 7, 560

    Registered voters: 42, 655

    Accredited voters: 16, 482

    Uhunmwode LGA:

    APC – 10, 911
    PDP – 8, 667
    Registered voters – 62, 987
    Accredited voters – 21, 927

     

    Esan Northeast LGA:

    APC – 9,130
    PDP – 16,220
    Registered voters – 74,293
    Accredited voters 27,121

    Esan South East:

    APC – 9,554
    PDP – 11, 466
    Registered voters – 66, 698
    Accredited voters – 22, 522

    Orhionmwon LGA:

    APC – 15, 262
    PDP – 16, 446
    Registered voters – 102, 921
    Accredited voters – 34, 270

    Esan West LGA:

    APC – 13, 114
    PDP – 16, 311
    Registered voters – 87, 867
    Accredited voters – 31, 866

     

    Ovia North East LGA:

    APC – 17, 561
    PDP – 13, 141
    Registered voters – 126, 391
    Accredited voters – 33, 664

     

     

    11:57PM – APC wins seven of eight wards announced in Oredo.

    Four remaining wards to be announced shortly

    11:10PM – Oredo Ward 12: (PDP wins)

    Collation Officer Adegoke YO

    Registered 20,143.

    Accredited 4,399.

    APC 2,041, PDP 2,066.

    Valid votes 4178.

    Rejected 221.

    Vote cast 4399.

    Oredo Ward five (APC wins)

    Collation officer Godwin Fajimi Ayodele.

    Registered 21,848.

    Accredited 6,218.

    APC 3,445, PDP 2266

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    Valid votes 5,842.

    Rejected votes 342.

    Votes cast 6,184.

    New Benin two (Old Ward 7) (APC wins)

    Dr. Ruth Ajobiewe

    Registered 30,535.

    Accredited 9191.

    APC 4416, PDP 4047.


    Valid votes 8627.

    Rejected votes 564.

    Votes cast 9191.

    10:50PM – Oredo Ward 10: 

    Collation Officer: Dr. Adeyefa Emmanuel.

    Registered voters 22,349.

    Accredited voters 5,814.

    APC 2,910, PDP 2,384.

    Total Valid Votes 5,389.

    Rejected 425.

    Total vote cast 5,814.

    10:22PM-Ward Seven Oredo LG
    APC-4412

    PDP- 4047

    10:05PM- INEC declares APC winner of Oredo Ward 9

    Robert Egbe

    Collation officer Ward 9, Dr. Olusola Ayanda just announced the results for his ward.

    4093 total votes
    3,810 total valid votes
    283 rejected votes

    APC wins Oredo Ward 9
    APC: 1,980 votes
    PDP: 1833
    Total registered voters in Ward 9: 13,765

    9:25PM – Collation begins at Oredo collation centre

    Collation officer, Dr. Enoch Opeyemi of the Dept of Mathematics, University of Oye-Ekiti announces commencement of collation at Oredo collation centre, Cultural Centre, Benin.

    He begs for maturity of agents in cases where results announced on the field differ from the centre’s results.

    Only four party agents are available – ACD, ACPN, APC and PDP

    8:52PM The Edo State Cultural Hall venue of Oredo LGA Collation Centreis scanty. Collation should begin in 10 or 15 minutes, although results are still being expected from the ward levels.

    8:25PM Egor Ward 1:

    Unit 1 APC 129 PDP 86.

    Unit 2 APC 139 PDP 53.

    Unit 3 APC 119 PDP 82.

    Unit 4 APC 176 PDP 102.

    Unit 5 APC 121 PDP 85.

    Unit 6 APC

    unit 7 APC 143 PDP 72.

    Unit 8 APC 87 PDP 109.

    Unit 9 APC 207 PDP 97.

    Unit 10 APC 128 PDP 126.

    Unit 11 APC 126 PDP 79.

    Unit 12 APC 65 PDP 99.

    Unit 13 APC 192 PDP 113

    6:37P.M. Ovia Northeast: Obarenren Unit four – APC 70, PDP 46

    Unit three – APC 74,  PDP, 50

    Unit Six – APC 69, PDP 42

    Unit two Aihuababekun – APC 153, PDP 57

    Obazuwa –  APC 80, PDP 47

    Odighi unit 11 – APC 107, PDP 11

    Unit 12 Odighi – APC 151, PDP 24

    Okuen – APC 28 PDP 9

    Odigueten – APC 137, PDP 60

     

    4:19P.M. Oyegun lost polling unit – National Chairman of the All Progressive Congress, Chief John Oyegun, has lost his polling unit. At Unit 2 Ward 2 in Oredo Local Government Area, the APC scored 69 votes while the  PDP scored 78 votes.

    3:40P.M. At Oghara Primary School, Auchi, four persons sustained injuries as hoodlums attempted to snatch ballot box. Police arrest three including a woman.

    3:19P.M. Learn to be good winners and good Losers. Be peaceful no matter the outcome of the polls, Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIG) tells electorates at Ward 11, Unit 12 in Jattu. – DIG Habila Joshak

    3:01P.M. In the entire Edo South, no incident of violence, no ballot box snatching, says Commissioner of Police (CP) in charge of Federal Operations, David Folawiyo

    1:08A.M. Voting largely concluded in most Pulling Centres in the state even as officials continue to wait until 2pm to commence collation of results at the units.

    12:50P.M. At ward 11, units 17 to 21, no more queue of voters. At Unit 21: 710 voters were registered, out of which 204 voted. The last voter cast his vote at about 12:50pm. Officials still waiting for others voters.

    10:45A.M. National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, John Oyegun accredited for voting. Oyegun hailed the peaceful process.

    9:30A.M. Oredo Ward two, Unit two – accreditation and voting commenced. The number of registered voters as at the time of filing this report is 854. A total of 27 persons

    However, as at 9:57A.M. total of 27 persons has voted. The card reader accepted all voters’ cards presented, but some fingerprints were not approved.

    8:30A.M. EC30A and EC30C situated at Staff Training Centre, accreditation and voting commenced at the ongoing Edo election as residents decide next governor for the state.

    8:26A.M., 962 registered voters. 42 voted by 10am. Three card incidents/fingerprint authentication failures, incident forms issued. No challenges so far.

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  • Edo polls: ‘I wasn’t arrested with any arms’

    A former militant, “General” Pere Ojune, who was reportedly arrested in a hotel in Benin, the Edo State capital, has said he was not arrested with any firearms.

    Ojune said he was invited by the police after he was told that his younger brother, Ade, was arrested for alleged possession of firearms.

    The former militant said his detention might not be unconnected with his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

    Ojune said he was an Ijaw man from Ovia South West Local Government of Edo State and not an “imported” militant from a neighbouring state to cause mayhem during the September 28 election.

    The former militant leader spoke yesterday during his paraded at the state police command.

    He said: “It was on Thursday I saw my younger brother, Ade, in handcuffs. He told me he was arrested at Upper Sakpoba Road and that the police caught him with one double-barrelled and one cut-to-size gun.

    “Ade said he told the police that I was the only one who could rescue him. That was why he brought the police to my place. I had warned them not to be involved in any illegal deal.

    “The police said I must come and see the police commissioner. I came here with my car and the police asked me how I knew this man (Ade). I told them he is my brother. They said I should wait and see the police chief. That was how they kept me in the cell. Till today, I have not done anything. I am a repentant militant working with everybody to ensure peace in our society.”

    Ade said a man he identified simply as CSP promised to give him N10,000 and a parcel of land.

    The suspect said the man gave him the gun to deliver at a hotel.

    He confessed to uning a bicycle to convey the firearms when the police arrested him and he took them to his elder brother who he believed could free him.

  • Edo polls: I was not arrested with any arms – Ex-militant

    Edo polls: I was not arrested with any arms – Ex-militant

    An ex-militant, General Pere Ojune, who was reportedly arrested in a hotel in Benin City has said that he was not arrested with any firearms.

    General Pere said he was invited by the police after he was told that his younger brother, Ade, was arrested for being in possession with firearms.

    Pere said he believed that his subsequent detention by the police was because he recently defected to the People’s Democratic Party.

    The ex-militant leader said he is an Ijaw from Ovia South West and not an imported militants from any neighboring states to cause mayhem during the elections.

    He spoke yesterday while being paraded at the Edo State Police Command saying that it was his younger brother.

    His words, “It was on Thursday that I saw my younger brother Ade on handcuff and he told me he was arrested at Upper Sakpoba road that they caught him with one double barrel and one cut to size gun.

    “He said he told the police that I am the only one that can come and rescue him and that was why he brought the police to my place. I had earlier warned them not to be involved in any illegal deal.

    “The police said I must come and see the CP myself. I came here with my car and he asked me how I knew this man and I told them he is my brother. They said I should wait and see the CP that was how they kept me inside the cell till today I have not done anything, I am a repentant militant now working with everybody to ensure peace in our society” he stated.

    Ade on his part said it was one man identified as CSP that promised to give him N10, 000 and a parcel of land that gave him the gun to deliver in a hotel.

    He said he using a bicycle to convey the firearms when the police arrested him and he took them to his elder brother who he believed could free him.

  • APGA hails INEC for Edo polls

    The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) has hailed the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for postponing the governorship election in Edo State earlier scheduled for Saturday September 10.

    It said there was need for government at all levels to prioritise education and security in governance.

    Governorship candidate of the party, Osaro Onaiwu, who spoke to newsmen yesterday, said the rescheduled election would allow students to write the 2016 General Certificate Examination without disruption.

    Onaiwu said the students’ overall performance would have been undermined if the election had held as scheduled.

    He stated that education and security would be top priority in his administration when he is elected governor.

    The APGA candidate urged other politicians in the state to always put the people’s interest first before their personal interest and urged all Edolites and APGA supporters to remain resolute in ensuring a credible, fair and conclusive governorship election in Edo State.