Sunday 12 April 2015

Oshiomhole Floors PDP As APC Wins 21 Out Of 24 House Of Assembly Seats

BENIN CITY – GOVENROR Adams Oshiomhole led

All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo state

floored the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the

House of Assembly elections held Saturday,

winning 21 out of the 24 House of Assembly seats

in the state.



The Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony

Anenih picked three seats for his party in his Edo

Central senatorial district of the state.



Meanwhile unofficial results in the rescheduled Edo

South senartorial election in Oriomnwon Local

Government Area of Edo state, indicated that the

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate,

Pharm.Matthew Urhoghide defeated the Minority

whip of the House of Representatives and APC

candidate, Mr Samson Osagie.



Results from polling units indicated that though

Osagie defeated Urhoghide in Oriomwon but the

poor voters turn out affected his chances in

upturning the about 27,000 votes which Urhoghide

was leading with after the March 28, National

Assembly elections in six Local Government Areas

in Edo South.



Meantime, the Resident Electoral Commissioner in

Edo state, Mr Mike Igini, who declared that

elections have been concluded in the state,

commended the people of the state for their

support throughout the elections.



Some of the House of Assembly results in Edo

South indicated that the immediate past Edo state

Commissioner in the Board of the Niger Delta

Development Commission (NDDC) and APC House

of Assembly candidate in Ikpoba Okhai, Mr Henry

Okwuarobo polled 23,571 as against 14,459 polled

by the PDP candidate.



The former chairman of Egor Local Government

Area and APC House of Assembly candidate for

Egor, Mr Crosby Eribo polled 19,554 t defeat the

PDP candidate, Nosa Adams who polled 12,233

votes. Results from the collations centers indicated

that the APC won the entire House of Assembly

seats in Edo South and Edo North senatorial

districts of the state while they picked three out of

the six in Edo Central district.



Igini who spoke to Vanguard Sunday said, “ First

Edo state people I must commend them for the

kind of corporation they gave to the commission. I

must commend them the way and manner they

appreciated that we stand for electoral justice, that

all that is required from us is to provide a level

playing field. Haven looked at the reports from

other parts of the country you will see that the

outcome of the election is as contested by the

candidates, it is a reflection of what the people

wanted.



“Baring a few complaints here and there, any

human activity of this complex nature you will not

expect that there will be no isolated case of

deviation by one ad-hoc staff or the other. Of

course on account of politicians who are very very

desperate to want to have unfair advantage of the

system? Over all I am very satisfied, particularly

with the performance of Saturday election unlike

the first election, our logistic arrangement was

perfect.



“ We got to all the polling unit as at 6am and

materials were on ground. They were areas we had

issues with card readers in the morning but the

problem was quickly dealt with. The card readers

worked in a very fantastic manner. Personally, my

level of satisfaction in this Saturday election was

very exceptional and I am very happy. I have kept

faith that under my watch it will be free, fair,

credible election, providing a level playing field for

all candidates” he stated.



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