By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Electoral misfortune trailing the troubled Peoples Democratic party PDP in Edo State, at the weekend, worsened. The party suffered a humiliating loss in the hands of the All Progressive Congress, APC, in the State and National Assemblies by-election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC.
The Source reports that the Electoral Umpire had, on Saturday, August 16, conducted by-elections in the Edo Central Senatorial District and Ovia Federal Constituency to fill vacancies created by the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo’ and his Deputy during the state’s off-circle gubernatorial polls held on Saturday September 21 2024 .
Both Governor Okpebholo and his Deputy were members of the red and green chambers of the National Assembly before their election.
In the result announced by the INEC Returning Officer Clement Ighoaro, the APC candidate, Dr Joseph Ikpea, was declared winner having polled 105,129 votes to defeat his PDP opponent Prince Joe Okojie who garnered a paltry 15, 146 votes.
Similarly, the APC candidate in the Ovia Federal Constituency, Gabriella Omosede Igbinedion, emerged victorious with 77,053 votes ,as against 3,838 votes garnered by PDP’s Johnny Aikpitanyi .
Dr Sandra Asemota, the flag bearer of the new Coalition platform the African Democratic Congress ADC , managed to poll 925 votes .
The PDP’s crushing defeat comes on the heels of its controversial defeat in the Governorship election of 2024.
Although the PDP, as at the time of reporting, was yet to react, the outcome of the exercise appears to have further pushed the once political behemouth into deeper abyss in the political equation of not just Edo State, but the entire country.
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