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Nigeria's ruling party candidate wins governorship election

Xinhua, September 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Nigeria's electoral body on Thursday declared Godwin Obaseki of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the southern Edo State governorship election held on Wednesday.

The APC candidate polled 319,483 to defeat his closest rival, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party(PDP), who scored 253,173 votes.

The Returning Officer, Kayode Soremekum, declared Obaseki as winner, having scored the highest valid votes.

Soremukum said there were 1,900,223 registered voters, while 662,039 of the registered voters were accredited. 613,244 voters cast their votes in the election, and 582,299 of the votes cast were recorded as valid.

The Edo governor-elect on Thursday promised to transform the economy of the state and empower the people.

Obaseki said his administration would create jobs, secure the state and ensure the welfare of the people. Endit