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Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Omosede Igbinedion, has been declared the winner of the Ovia Federal Constituency by-election conducted on Saturday in Edo State.
Announcing the result, the Returning Officer for the election, Professor Clement Ighodalo, said Igbinedion polled a total of 77,053 votes to emerge victorious.
Naija News reports that her closest rival, Johnny Aikpitanyi of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), recorded 3,838 votes, while Dr. Sandra Asemota of the Action Democratic Congress (ADC) came third with 925 votes.
Making the official declaration, Ighodalo stated: “This is the declaration. I, Professor Clement Ighodalo, hereby certify that I am the Returning Officer for the 2025 Ovia Federal Constituency by-election, held on the 16th day of August, 2024.
“That Omosede Igbinedion of the APC, having satisfied the requirements of the law, is hereby declared winner of the election.”
The election, held under the supervision of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), saw the APC record an overwhelming victory in the constituency.
Igbinedion, a former lawmaker, will now return to the House of Representatives to represent the people of Ovia North-East and Ovia South-West, consolidating the APC’s strength in Edo politics.
Meanwhile, former presidential media aide, Bashir Ahmad, has urged the All Progressives Congress (APC) to face reality and accept the fact that it is now an opposition party in Kano State.
According to Ahmad, the APC needs to focus on uniting its members in Kano and work towards regaining prominence among the people.
Naija News reports the APC chieftain made the submission in a post on his Facebook page while reacting to the outcome of Saturday’s bye-election in the state, in which the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) recorded an overwhelming victory.
Ahmad said Saturday’s results show the APC needs serious work to reclaim its place in Kano.
He wrote: “Even though I absolutely failed to find the right words to describe today’s by-elections in Kano, the elections whose results began flying around as early as 9AM, but one thing became crystal clear to me that what our party needs in Kano is unity. Real, absolute unity. Unity among members and most importantly, unity among the key stakeholders.
“We must stop being in denial and accept that the APC is now an opposition party in Kano. And until we acknowledge that reality, we won’t begin the serious work needed to reclaim our place. It is time to collaborate with anyone and everyone to restore our party’s relevance and winning power again.”
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