Sorting and counting of votes in the Edo governorship election have begun in parts of Edo Central Senatorial District, just as some other parts in the state have also concluded voting.
At Central Primary School, Ubiaja, Esan South East Local Government Ward 6, units 1 to 5, counting had been concluded in some units and results have been declared.
At Central Primary school, Emu, Esan South East Local Government Area, Ward 5, sorting and counting were ongoing as at the time of filing this report.
Similar situation was observed at Ward 2 Unit 8, Ikeken in Esan South East Local Governement Area of Edo.
Meanwhile, reports reaching us indicated that Governor Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has won his polling unit in Oredo Ward 4, Unit 19.
Mr Obaseki polled 184 votes while Osagie Ize-Iyamu of All Progressives Congress, APC, secured 62 votes at the unit.
According to a report by The Nation, tn Unit 21, PDP got 53 votes while the APC polled 33 votes.
Mr Obaseki’s PDP polled 70 votes but Ize-Iyamu’s APC got 65 votes. In Unit 23, it was PDP 101, APC 32.
In Unit 24 of the same Oredo Ward 4, PDP won with 94 votes, while the APC got 50 votes.
In Unit 25, the PDP got 33 votes ahead of the APC that had 22 votes.
Result from the ward, Unit 26 indicates that APC scored 40 votes while the PDP got 98 votes.
In Unit 7, it is the PDP, 93 votes, APC 28 votes, while in Unit 28, it is PDP, 77 votes and APC, 39 votes.
Voting ended in most of the areas at 2.30 pm.
