Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the governorship
candidate of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC), polling 27,838
votes to beat two other aspirants.
The other two aspirants, Dr. Pius Odubu and Mr. Osaro Obaze
came second and third with 3,776 votes and 2,324 votes respectively.
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Announcing the results, submitted by the 18 Local Government
Retiring Officers, who described the direct primary as peaceful and
transparent, the chairman of the Committee cn the the Edo APC Governorship
Primary and governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma, said with the results
submitted, Ize-Iyamu was now the candidate of APC for the Edo State
Governorship election slated for September 19.
He said, “Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu having scored the highest
number of votes cast is hereby returned as the candidate of APC in the Edo
State primary election.”
According to him, the result is a product of results
collected from the various wards and local government areas by the Returning
Officers
Uzodinma noted that three aspirants were cleared to contest
the primary, adding that before the primary, words got to the committee that
two of the aspirants had withdrawn, “but in line with the Electoral Act as
amended, we decided to go on with the primary election.
The governor of Imo State commended security agencies for
providing adequate security for those who participated in the exercise which in
his words “so far remained one of the most transparent and credible exercise
since the present democracy.”