Akpata won the primary election which held in Benin City, the state capital, on Friday, February 23, 2024, after scoring 316 votes.
By Saidu Idris
365Daily – The immediate past national chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, has clinched the governorship ticket of the Labour Party (LP) to contest in the September governorship election in Edo State.
Akpata won the primary election which held in Benin City, the state capital, on Friday, February 23, 2024, after scoring 316 votes.
The chief returning officer for the election, Abia Deputy Governor, Ikechukwu Emeta, subsequently pronounced him the winner of the polls.
He declared, ”Mr Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, having scored the highest number of votes and certified the provisions of the constitution of the party, is hereby declared the winner and the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for the Edo State governorship election 2024.”
Earlier on Friday, Senator Monday Okpebholo was declared winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primaries in Edo State, while two candidates, Asue Ighodalo, who is the anointed candidate of Gov. Godwin Obaseki, and Deputy Governor of the state, Philip Shuaib, emerged candidates of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Wednesday.