Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, who recently defected to the APC from the PDP has been declared winner of the All Progressives Congress governorship primary in Edo State, conducted Today, Monday 22 2020.
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State who is the chairman of the Edo State APC Primary Election Committee, declared Ize-Iyamu winner of the election after the collation of results turned in by the returning officers in the 18 local government areas of the state.
According to reports, he pulled 27,838 votes, while his closest rival, Dr. Pius Odubu scored 3,776, while Mr. Osaro Obaze pulled 2,751 votes.
Meanwhile, a faction of the APC in Edo state has announced that the primaries in the state is illegal as no agreement has been reached on the conduct of primaries in the state by the National Working Committee.
