Osagie Ize-Iyamu Wins APC Primaries In Edo

Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo state and chair of the process, has now taken his seat and would soon begin to announce the results

The room is now getting crowded as results from various LGAs are now being brought in

Results from eight out of the 18 local government areas in the state have been announced so far and Ize-Iyamu is leading by a wide margin

RESULT (Esan west)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,145
Obaze- 162
Odubu- 220

RESULT (Egueben)

Iyanmu- 1,300
Obaze- 178
Odubu- 251

RESULT (Orionwon)

Iyamu- 1,750
Obaze- 171
Odubu- 418

RESULT (Uhunmode)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,394
Obaze- 183
Odubu- 274

RESULT (Ikpoba- Okha)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,581
Obaze- 67
Odubu- 99

RESULT (Ovia south-west)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,668
Obaze- 79
Odubu- 108

RESULT (Ovia north)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,650
Obaze- 70
Odubu- 124

RESULT: Esan northeast

Ize-Iyamu- 1,467
Obaze- 139
Odubu- 176

RESULT (Esan south-east)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,400
Obaze- 144
Odubu- 205

RESULT (Owan west)

Ize-Iyamu- 1, 537
Obaze- 216
Odubu- 307

RESULT (Oredo)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,902
Obaze- 308
Odubu- 67

RESULT (Etsako east)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,529
Obaze- 105
Odubu- 196

RESULT (Etsako west)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,754
Obaze- 150
Odubu- 262

RESULT (Onwa east)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,606
Odude- 230
Obaze- 169

RESULT (Akoko Edo)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,385
Odubu- 262
Obaze- 185

RESULT (Etsako central)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,373
Odubu- 326
Obaze- 238

RESULT (Esan north)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,467
Obudu- 170
Obaze- 139

RESULT (Esan central)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,683
Obudu- 170
Obaze- 117

RESULT (Egor LGA)

Ize-Iyamu- 1,794
Obudu- 81
Obaze- 53

Total votes

Obaze- 2,724
Odubu- 3,776
Ize-Iyamu- 27,838

Governor Hope Uzodinma closes the result collation. He says: “This election is one of the most clinically exercised in the history of elections in Nigeria”.

“This state which originally belongs to the APC will return to the APC after the governorship election.”