The All Progressive Congress (APC) has won all the 18 chairmanship Local Government seats in the state in the just concluded Saturday, March 3, 2018 local government election in the state.
Among the elected LG Chairmen is Frank Ilaboya , a sports journalist and former Lagos State Chairman of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria(SWAN).
The Chairman, Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC), Prof. Stanley Orobator, made the announcement in Benin on Sunday.
The Chairman stated that the exercise was free and fair , adding that there that there was no violence in any part of the state during the election on Saturday.
Those announced by Orobator as elected are: Mr Victor Emuanhagbon for Esan South-East Local Government Area, Augustine Okhoibkole for Esan North East and Mr Musa Yakubu for Etsako West.
Also elected are: Mr Waziri Idemudia (Esan Central), Mr Patrick Aguinede (Esan West), Mr Ogedengbe Odia (Igueben) Mr Sylvester Okoro (Orihonmwon) Mr John Akhigbe (Etsako Central) and Mr Eric Osayande (Ikpoba-Okha).
Others are: Evbareke Osunde (Oredo), Mr Aremiyau Momoh (Etsako East), Oteh Omoru (Akoko-Edo), Destiny Enabulele (Ovia South West) and Ogbemudia Osaze (Ovia North East), Mr Napoleon Agbama was elected chairman for Uhunwode, and Andrew Osigwe won in Owan East while Eghe Ogbemudia was declared winner in Egor and Frank Ilaboya won in Owan West.
The EDSIEC Chairman stated that their Certificates of Return(CoR) would be given on Monday at 3pm.
According to him, ”We will now compile results of the councilors and will brief you in about 48 or 72 hours.”
However, the People Democratic Party(PDP) boycotted the election.
