PUNCH
The Governor-elect of Edo State, Monday Okpebholo, has promised to bring the South-South state to an enviable height when he assumes office.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, on Sunday, declared Okpebholo, the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, as the winner of the keenly contested election.
He polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, who secured 247,274 and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party, who came a distant third with 22,761 votes.
Addressing reporters on Sunday evening after he was declared winner of last Saturday’s governorship election, Okpebholo appreciated the people of the state for choosing the right person to govern them for the next four years.
He also vowed to continue from where the former governor Adams Oshiomhole stopped and would replicate what Senate President Godswill Akpabio did in Akwa Ibom State.
Okpebholo said, “I am very happy, and I thank the Edo people for choosing the right person to do the job. Look, the new Edo is rising. I am here to develop Edo. I want to transform Edo the way it should be.
“I want to tell you that I am starting from where Adams Oshiomhole stopped. I also want to let you also know that I would like to imitate what Akpabio has done in Akwa Ibom State. Edo has received a new transformation. By the grace of God, Edo is back again.”
THIS STORY FIRST APPEARED IN PUNCH
