Edo State Governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, Hon. Denis Idahosa, were presented with their certificates of return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday, September 26, 2024.
The certificates were handed over by Mrs. Rhoda Gomos, a national commissioner representing INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu.
The presentation of the certificates follows their victory in the recently concluded Edo State governorship election.
They were accompanied to the INEC headquarters by the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, National Secretary, Senator Bashiru Ajibola, and Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Engr. Abubakar Momoh, Senator Adams Oshiomhole and the Deputy Governor of Edo state, Phillip Shuaibu among others.
The governor-elect in the Saturday, September 21st election won eleven LGAs out of the 18 LGAs in the state and was followed closely by the PDP that won 7 of the 18 LGAs.
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