Edo Decides: Akpata, LP Candidate Loses Polling Unit to Ighodalo

It was a disastrous outing for Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State, as he lost his polling unit to the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo.

Akpata, who voted at Oredo Ward, Unit 11, scored 32 votes as against the 41 votes Ighodalo garnered.

The candidate of the All-Progressives Congress (APC), Monday Ighodalo, came third with 19 votes.

Akpata, after casting his vote, had adjudged the process at the polling unit as credible. Speaking with journalists after voting at about 10:30 am, Akpata said “I voted according to the voting process, and everything went well.

“I want to hope that this is the experience of every Edo voter. I cannot make assumptions standing here. I am going to wait for feedback from around the different units and 192 wards in the state. We are hopeful that this will be the experience of every Edo voter”.