The Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) has uploaded 93.76 p.c outcomes of the Edo governorship election on the viewing portal (IReV).
As on the time of submitting this report, a complete of 4,237 outcomes out of 4,519 have been uploaded on the IReV.
Whereas APC and PDP maintains lead of their totally different strongholds, Labour Social gathering and it’s candidate are formally out of the race.
Talking earlier in an interview with Come up Tv, Anugbum Onuoha, the resident electoral commissioner (REC) in Edo, mentioned the governorship election outcomes will likely be transmitted electronically.
“You recognize that now we have 4,519 pulling items throughout the 18 native governments, and thus far now we have deployed 4,622 BVAS to the assorted native governments. And we even have a backup of 660 BVAS,” he mentioned.
“Now we have skilled the operators for the BVAS. They’re set. BVAS is to accredit the voters, to know the entire variety of voters that can vote at that stage, that polling unit.
“That’s the state we’re in now. Relaxation assured that we’ll conduct an election that we are able to name our personal.
Onuoha, nevertheless, warned that poor networks may hinder the transmission of outcomes to the viewing portal (IReV).
“The outcomes will all be transmitted electronically? Is that what you’re saying? Sure. Thanks.“Sure, except there is no such thing as a community in that place. We’ll transmit it.” he mentioned.
With greater than 2.2 million everlasting voter playing cards collected, candidates from varied events, together with Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Social gathering, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Social gathering, are competing for the governorship place.
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The winner will succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki, who will depart Osadebe Home on November 11 after finishing two phrases in workplace.
Guardian had earlier reported that each the PDP and APC candidates gained their respective polling items respectively, whereas labour Social gathering candidate Olumide Apata misplaced his unit.
