BREAKING: Jubilation Erupts As Winner Emerges At Oshiomhole Senatorial District

BREAKING: Jubilation Erupts As Winner Emerges At Oshiomhole Senatorial District

  • Adams Oshiomhole, the former national chairman of the APC, has won the Edo north senatorial district in the ongoing election
  • The former governor of the state defeated the incumbent Senator Francis Alimekhena of the PDP in the senatorial district
  • According to INEC returning officer on Sunday in Auchi, Benjamin Adesina, Oshiomhole won with 107,110 votes, while the PDP candidate won 55,344 votes

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Auchi, Edo - The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Adams Oshiomhole of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of Saturday’s election for Edo North Senatorial District in Edo.

Benjamin Adesina, the INEC Returning Officer, on Sunday in Auchi, declared Mr Oshiomhole as the winner of the polls with 107,110 votes, Premium Times reported.

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He defeated the incumbent Senator Francis Alimekhena of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 55,344 votes.

“Adams Oshiomhole of APC, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared as the winner of the election conducted on the 25th of February for Edo North Senatorial District,” Mr Adesina said.

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Bada Yusuf (Politics and Current Affairs Editor) Yusuf Amoo Bada is an accomplished writer with 7 years of experience in journalism and writing, he is also politics and current affairs editor with Legit.ng. He holds B.A in Literature from OAU, and Diploma in Mass Comm. He has obtained certificates in Google's Advance Digital Reporting, News Lab workshop. He previously worked as an Editor with OperaNews. Legit’s Best Editor of the Year for Politics and Current Affairs Desk (2023). Contact: bada.yusuf.amoo@corp.legit.ng