All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo is coasting to victory in the Edo State governorship election as he has won 10 out of the 16 LGAs announced so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Sunday.

According to the results from 16 out of 18 LGAs announced by the Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, APC is is leading by 244,549 votes while the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, follows with 195,954. The Labour Party, LP, is third with 13,348 votes.

This comes as INEC suspended collation. The exercise will resume by 5:00 pm.

See Details Below:

Etsako West LGA:
APC : 32,107
PDP : 17,483
LP : 2,116

Etsako Central LG

APC:11,906
PDP: 8,455
LP: 381

Etsako East LG
APC: 20,167
PDP: 9,683
LP: 604

Egor Local Government Area.

APC: 16,760

LP: 1,966

PDP: 14,658

Ovia North-East LG

APC: 13,225

PDP: 15,311

LP: 1,675

Uhunmwonde LG

APC: 8,776

PDP: 9,339

LP: 769

Owan West LG

APC: 12,277

PDP: 11,284

LP: 201

Esan West LG

APC: 12,952

PDP: 11,004

LP: 342

Igueben LG

APC: 5,907

PDP: 8,470

LP: 494

Akoko-Edo LG

APC: 34,847

PDP: 15,865

LP: 2,239

Esan South-East LG

APC: 8,398

PDP: 14,199

LP: 98

Esan Central LG

APC: 10,990

PDP: 8,618

LP: 418

Esan North-East LG

APC: 10,648

PDP: 12,522

LP: 194

Ovia South-West LG

APC: 10,150

PDP: 10,260

LP: 849

Owan East, LG

APC: 19,380

PDP: 14,189

LP: 446

Orhionmwon LG

APC: 16,059

PDP: 14,614

LP: 556