BREAKING: Asue Ighodalo wins PDP governorship primary in Edo.

Businessman Asue Ighodalo won the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship primary in Edo state. Dauda Lawal, the governor of Zamfara and returning officer, declared him the winner with 577 votes.

“I declare Asuelimen Ighodalo the winner of today’s primary with 577 votes,” Lawal announced. “He’s now the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Edo State election. Congratulations!”

Ighodalo was the preferred candidate of Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo.

Earlier, Philip Shaibu, the deputy governor of Edo, won the parallel governorship primary organised at his residence.

Bartholomew Moses, the returning officer, who announced Shaibu as the winner of the parallel primary election, said the deputy governor won the exercise with over 300 votes.

Some party delegates who arrived at the lawn tennis court of the Samuel Ogbemudia stadium in Benin City, the state capital, the venue of the primary, were reportedly denied access.

The delegates subsequently moved to Shaibu’s residence where a parallel election was held.

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