The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate in the ongoing governorship election in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo has won his polling unit with over 100 votes.

Reports indicate that Okpebholo defeated his contenders, the Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata and the Peoples Democratic Party's Asue Ighodalo, at Polling Unit 001, Ward 2, Udomi Primary School.

According to the presiding officer for the unit, the APC candidate scored 102 votes, while PDP and LP had one vote each with two votes declared invalid out of 107 accredited for the election.

As the counting is underway in some polling units, Akpata reportedly lost his polling unit to Ighodalo.

The result announced at Polling Unit 11, Ward 06, Oredo Local Government Area, showed that Ighodalo polled 41 votes, while Akpata scored 32 votes. Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) came in third with 19 votes.

Moments after casting his ballot, Ighodalo expressed optimism that he would win the governorship election.

He said, “We will win this election by landslide and move our state forward by God’s grace. If there is anybody at home, please come out and cast your vote. We are not comfortable with the little shenanigans that are going on, particularly from the APC guys. This is a single state election, and INEC has all the time to prepare, so there was no need for the delay.

There are rumours that they are trying to undermine the election process. Many of them have been caught with ballot papers, PVC’s.

The worst is that they go round trying to buy votes. They buy votes for N15,000 to N20,000. They are trying everything to subvert the process.”