The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has uploaded 98.58% of the results from the Edo State governorship election onto its online platform, the Result Viewing Portal (IReV).
As of 8:40 am on Sunday, results from 4,455 out of the 4,519 polling units in Edo State were already uploaded.
INEC shared that there are 2,629,025 registered voters and 4,519 polling units in the state. Of this number, 2,249,780 people (about 85.57%) have collected their Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).
Candidates from different political parties, such as Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP), are competing for the position of governor. The winner will take over from Governor Godwin Obaseki, who finishes his term on November 11.
During an interview with Arise Television, Edo State’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Anugbum Onuoha, promised that the electronic transmission of results would go well unless there were network problems.
“We have trained the operators for the BVAS. They are set. BVAS is to accredit the voters and to know the total number of voters that will vote at that level and that polling unit.
“After that, the voters will start voting. At the end of the day, they will count the results, and it will be uploaded to our IReV,” he said.
