Osagie Ize-Iyamu has been declared winner of the Edo All Progressives Congress (APC) primaries for the 2020 gubernatorial election, with a total of 27838 votes.
Ize-Iyamu had defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC after losing to Godwin Obaseki, governor of the state in 2016 election.
Announcing the result of the primary election in Benin on Monday, Hope Uzodinma, governor of Imo and chairman of the election panel, said Ize-Iyamu polled 27,388 votes ahead of Pius Odubu, his closest rival who had 3,776 votes.
He added;
Iyamu having scored highest in the primary election is hereby returned candidate of the APC in the coming governorship election.
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.
The election took place few hours after Victor Giadom, the factional Acting National Chairman of APC sent a letter to INEC to disregard the primary elections.
More details to come.
