The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progessives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo.

INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. FarukKuta, announced the winner on Sunday in Benin after the collation of results from 18 local government areas in the state.

Kuta, who is the Vice-Chancelleor, Federal University of Technology, Minna, said Okpebholo, a serving senator representing Edo Central at the National Assembly, polled 291,667 votes to defeat AsueIghodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who scored 247,274 votes, while the candidate of LabourParty (LP), Mr Olumide Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes.

A breakdown of the results show that APC won in eleven local governments, while PDP won in seven areas.