Edo Labour party governorship candidate emerges

Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has won the Labour Party (LP) governorship primary election in Edo State.

Akpata garnered 316 votes during the selection process at the Bishop Kelly Pastoral Centre in Benin City.

The Deputy Governor of Abia State Ikechukwu Emeta who is also the chief returning officer declared Akpata as the winner of the election.

Emeta said, “I hereby declare as follows: 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,”