The All Progressives Congress governorship candidate in Edo state, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has won in Etsako West local government area (LGA), where former Governor Adam Oshiomhole and reinstated Deputy Governor Philip Shaibu hail from.

Okpebholo polled 32,107 to defeat his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterpart, Asue Ighodalo, who got 17,483.

Shaibu rejoined the APC in the buildup to the election after a long battle between him and his boss, Governor Godwin Obaseki, who anointed Ighodalo as his preferred successor.

Meanwhile, the ruling party in Edo state, the PDP, has rejected the results from Etsako West LGA.

Osaigbovo Iyoha, the party’s agent for the election, alleged that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) manipulated the results in favour of the APC.

“When you look at the figure declared, it is just manufacturing of results,” Iyoha asserted, claiming that the collation process was abruptly halted, allowing for potential manipulation.

“The result is not a true reflection of what happened in Etsako West; we rejected the result,” he added.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the APC has won the Esan West local government area in the Saturday, September 21 Edo state governorship election.

This is according to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announcement of Sunday, September 22.

The APC governorship candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo polled 12,952 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the PDP who scored 11,004 votes.