Governor Godwin Obaseki who (re)contested for Edo State Governorship election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has been announced the winner by the Independent National Electoal Commission (INEC).
He polled 307,955 votes to defeat his closest rival and governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who garnered 223,619 votes.
With the outcome of the poll, Obaseki has won his closest rival with a difference of 84,336 votes.
Details later.