#EdoDecides: PDP’s Asue Ighodalo wins his polling unit

Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo state governorship election, has won his polling unit.

Ighodalo polled 200 votes at unit 11, ward 1, in Ewohimi, Esan south-east LGA, where he cast his ballot.

Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC), garnered 45 votes.

Earlier, Olumide Akpata, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), lost his polling unit to Ighodalo.

Ighodalo polled 41 votes to defeat the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), who garnered 32 votes at polling unit 11, ward 06, Oredo LGA in Benin.

Ighodalo had accused police operatives of intimidating voters in the election.

Ighodalo alleged that one of the PDP’s supporters was arrested by police while attempting to vote.

He also said the officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) arrived late at his polling unit, and called for an extension of the voting period.

“One of our supporters was arrested by men in mufti carrying guns. Nobody should carry a gun to a polling unit; that’s against the law and regulation,” Ighodalo said.

“But you just see people misbehaving, oppressing, and trying to intimidate our voters. We won’t be intimidated and oppressed.

“How come it is only PDP supporters that are being arrested? Every day, you see APC supporters doing the worst things imaginable; nobody arrests them, nobody even investigates them.

“The authorities should create a free and fair level playing field. It is getting too much, particularly from the police force or people that claim to be policemen. If policemen want to be politicians, they should retire.

“INEC has delayed for over two hours; the only fair thing will be for closure to be extended by maybe for 2 or 3 hours. So that everybody can get to vote.”