Huhuonline.com understands that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the announcement of result, and gone on a one hour break. However, of the results from nine local government areas announced so far, APC is in the lead with 142, 424 votes, against PDP’s 136, 799 votes. Announcement of results is expected to resume at 12noon.
Below is a breakdown of results released by INEC:
Esan West LGA
APC – 13,114
PDP – 16,311
Orhionmwon LGA
APC – 15,262
PDP – 16,446
Total Valid Votes: 32,213
Rejected Votes: 1,788
Oredo LGA
APC – 37,612
PDP – 30,492
Registered Voters: 273,614
Accredited Voters: 74,076
Esan South-East LGA
APC – 9,554
PDP – 11,466
Total Valid Votes: 21,250
Total Votes Cast: 22,056
Rejected Votes: 806
Uhunwomnde LGA
APC – 10,911
PDP – 8,667
Total Valid Votes: 19,971
Total Votes Cast: 21,730
Rejected Votes: 1,759
Igueben LGA
APC – 7,802
PDP – 7,560
Registered Voters: 42,655
Accredited Voters: 16,482
Esan LGA Result
APC – 9,130
PDP – 16,220
Total Valid Votes: 25,747
Total Vote Cast: 26,944
Esa North-East LGA
Total registered voters: 74,293
Accredited voters: 27,121
APC: 9,130
PDP: 16,220
Owan West LGA
Total registered voters: 54,406
Accredited voters: 24,487
APC: 12,862
PDP: 10,132
Egor LGA
Total registered voters: 184,296
Accredited voters: 49,802
APC: 26,177
PDP: 19,514
PDP Protesters Storm INEC Office, Demand Cancellation Of Election
Supporters of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) are currently protesting outside the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Benin, Edo state capital.They are accusing the electoral body of bias, and have demanded a cancellation of the governorship election.
Security personnel have barricaded the INEC headquarters in the state to prevent the protesters from accessing the premises.
