APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo, waiting to vote at Polling Unit 001, Uwessan 1, Esan Central LGA.....See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Senator Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2024 Edo State Governorship Election has won his polling unit in the ongoing election, defeating his opponents at the polling unit by a very wide margin.
TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Okpebholo, who voted at the Unit 03 of Ward 1, Uwessan in the Esan Central local government of the State, won the polling unit by polling a total of 102 votes.
Candidates of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo and that of the Labour Party (LP), Olumide Akpata managed to poll one vote each.
Okpebholo had earlier boasted that he would coast home in the Saturday election to a landslide victory. The governorship hopeful had also boasted earlier that his co-contestant from the PDP, Asue Ighodalo, would not secure a single vote in his home polling unit.
Speaking shortly after casting his vote at the unit 03, Ward 1, Uwessan in the Esan Central Local Government of the state, Okpebholo insisted that the strong support from his community would leave no room for the opposition.
“PDP or whatever will not get one vote here because this is my home and my people love me,” he said.
The APC candidate commended the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for its handling of the election process.
“What I’m seeing here is like a testimony that INEC is getting it right,” he remarked.
On security arrangements for the poll, the senator dismissed complaints that heavy security presence was intimidating.
“I know that everything they are saying is about security, that is hyping the situation. I mean nothing is happening. You can see! Nobody is fighting. No knockout, no stick of matches. So it’s just to scare people away from voting.
“You know Obaseki wanted to cause fire in Edo state but by the grace of God everything is moving perfectly,” he said.