Edo State Governor-elect, Monday Okpebholo, and his Deputy, Dennis Idahosa have been presented with their return by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The certificates were issued by INEC’s National Commissioner in charge of Edo State, Rhoda Gumus, on Thursday, September 25, five days after he was declared the winner of the elections.

This move confirms Okpebholo and Idahosa as the governor and deputy governor of Edo.

Okpebholo will succeed Governor Godwin Obaseki who will leave Osadebe House on November 11 after completing two terms in office.

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was declared the winner after securing 291,667 votes, winning 11 out of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state.

The Returning Officer for the election and the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Prof. Faruq Kuta, announced the result at the INEC collation centre in Benin City.

His closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, obtained 247,274 votes, winning seven LGAs.

Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata finished third with 22,761 votes.