Ize-Iyamu, Obaseki in close race to victory
Osagie Ize-Iyamu and Godwin Obaseki are currently in what has been described as a close race to victory as unconfirmed results emerge.
Edo election
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![Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg'%20width%3D'100'%20height%3D'100'%20data-ring-placeholder%3D'1'%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E "Monday Okpebholo and Asue Ighodalo are the candidates for the APC and PDP, respectively, in the upcoming Edo governorship poll. [X/Facebook]")
According to The Punch, the results from some wards and units, which had not been authenticated by the Independent National Electoral Commission, shows a neck to neck votes from voters in the state.
In Uromi, Esan North-East Local Government Area: PDP won seven out of the eight units in Ward 3; APC won one unit.
In Oredo Local Government Area: APC lost ward 2, unit 2 but won in Ward 7;
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APC, beat the PDP in Unit 18, 19, 20 and 21 of Ward one.
In Unit 18, PDP got 158 while the APC got 259. In Unit 19, APC scored 146 and PDP polled 85.
In Unit 20, the APC got 259 votes while the PDP polled 208 votes and in Unit 21, the APC scored 128 votes leaving the PDP with 98 votes.
In Oredo Ward 12, out of the accredited 4,399 voters, the PDP took the lead with 2,066, leaving the APC with 2,041.
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In Oredo Ward 4, out of the total accredited voters of 4,911, the APC scored 3,058 while the PDP polled 1,541.
The APC has reportedly scored 4,412 votes while the PDP got 4,047 votes.
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