Tinubu congratulates Obaseki

National leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Bola Tinubu has congratulated the party’s candidate for the Edo State governorship election, Godwin Obaseki, for his victory at the polls.

INEC had declared that Obaseki won majority of the votes cast, getting a total of 319,483 votes.

Though 19 candidates vied for the ticket to the government house, however, the main contest was between Godwin Obaseki of the APC and Andrew Ize-Iyamu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Osagie Ize-Iyamu, got 253,173 votes.

The Edo state INEC chief returning officer, Professor Kayode Soremekun, who announced the final results, declared Mr. Obaseki the governor-elect of the state.

But the PDP in the state has rejected the results describing it as adulterated. The party said contrary to the results declared by INEC, those that were announced at the polling units and wards across the state shows the PDP would have won by over 30,000 votes.

Meanwhile, factional chairman of the PDP Ali Modu Sheriff has refused to promptly reject the results from the just concluded Edo election that declared All Progressive Congress (APC) candidate Godwin Obaseki as winner of the exercise.

Deputy national chairman of Sheriff’s faction of the party, Dr Cairo Ojougboh as saying: “We will await the final announcement of the result, consult widely before making our decision public”. His position is at variant with that of the Ahmed Makarfi-led faction which has outrightly rejected the results, saying that they were cooked.