Some residents in Edo state have staged a protest at the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin City over the results of the governorship election held on Saturday September 21.
INEC declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the highly competitive governorship election held on Saturday, September 21, 2024.
Okpebholo, 54, garnered 291,667 votes, defeating Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who secured 247,274 votes. Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) finished a distant third with 22,761 votes.
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The APC candidate was declared the winner of Saturday’s governorship election despite protests from PDP supporters, who argued that the results were fabricated and did not reflect the true will of the people.
Demonstrations erupted in parts of the state capital and outside the heavily guarded INEC collation centre.
Earlier, Governor Obaseki had stormed the centre to protest the exclusion of PDP agents but was escorted out by armed security personnel.
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At the collation centre, PDP agent Tony Iyoha called for the suspension of the entire election, citing alleged irregularities. Similarly, the PDP state chairman, Anthony Aziegbemi, pointed out discrepancies between figures on the EC8 form and those on INEC’s IReV platform.
The PDP Governors’ Forum also urged INEC to respect the will of Edo voters, alleging widespread electoral malpractices.
Led by Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, the PDP governors questioned the accuracy of some announced results, stating they did not match those on the IReV platform.
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No fewer than 25 observer groups expressed disappointment with the governorship election in Edo State, stating that it fell short of expectations.
They alleged that the collation of results at certain levels did not adhere to the provisions of the Electoral Act of 2022.
The observer groups expressed satisfaction with the results from over 4,500 polling units and several wards.
However, they rejected the collation of results at the ward and local government levels conducted at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Benin City, stating that this process was in violation of the law.
See videos of today’s protest at INEC office below:
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