Results have started coming in from the polling units in the Edo State governorship election as the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are locked in a tight contest.
SaharaReporters at the polling units in Oredo Ward saw that the APC and the PDP are closely following each other while the Labour Party appears to be taking a distant third.
Here are polling unit results so far;
Results in Oredo Ward 11 Ogbelaka/Nekpenekpen
Results for Polling unit 5
Total registered voters – 697
APC – 26
PDP – 58
LP – 7
Results for Polling unit 6
Total registered voters – 560
Scores according to parties:
APC – 46
PDP – 50
LP – 14
Results for Polling unit 7
Total registered voters – 821
Scores according to parties:
APC – 38
PDP – 44
LP – 9
Polling unit 8:
Total registered voters – 643
APC – 56
PDP – 35
LP – 4
SaharaReporters earlier reported that a socio-political organisation, YIAGA, condemned vote-buying in parts of Edo State in the ongoing governorship election.
According to the organisation, party agents were seen bribing voters with N10,000 each in some areas its election monitors covered.
“#WatchingTheVote reported incidents of vote buying in Ikpoba/Okha, Igueben, Esan West, Akoko Edo, Owan West, and Uhunmodi LGAs.”a post on X reads.
“APC and PDP party agents were seen bribing voters with cash (N10,000) at the Igueben – Idumoka Pri School polling unit (12-10-03-004) Ward 1 in Igueben LGA.”
It was also stated that party agents were seen handing out cash gifts.
“Party agents for APC and PDP were also seen handing out cash gifts (N10,000) in Enikaro – Enikaro Primary School IX Polling Unit (12-11-07-009) in Ugbekun ward, Ikpoba/Okha LGA.”
Other issues noted included voters halting accreditation and voting process in the Ikpoba, Army Children XI polling unit in Iwogban/Uteh Ward, Ikpoba/Okha LGA because INEC officials arrived without the official stamp.
“At Ebua Market Square in Uhunwode LGA, an altercation between APC and PDP supporters over alleged bribery led to the suspension of voting and the destruction of the voting cubicle. Political thugs also disrupted voting at Anyaran Araromi Primary School in Akoko Edo LGA.” a post by the organisation reads.
There have been controversies and reports of heavy vote buying in the ongoing Edo state governorship election.