Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has emerged the winner of the All Progressives
\nCongress (APC) primary election in Edo State.<\/p>\n
Chairman of the APC Primary Election Committee and Imo State Governor,
\nSenator Hope Uzodinma disclosed this on Monday in Benin City, the state
\ncapital.<\/p>\n
Ize-Iyamu won the party\u2019s primary after polling 27, 838 votes to defeat
\nhis rivals, Pius Odubu who garnered 3,776 votes and Osaro Obaze who got
\n2,724 votes respectively.<\/p>\n
Following this development, he automatically becomes the APC flagbearer
\nfor the September 19 governorship election in the state.<\/p>\n
Reacting to the electoral process, Uzodinma said the election was a
\nformality in accordance with the guidelines of the Independent National
\nElectoral Commission (INEC) as the other aspirants had already stepped
\ndown before the polls.<\/p>\n
Shortly before the commencement of the election, APC members had
\nthronged their respective wards to vote in the party\u2019s primary election.<\/p>\n
The exercise held across the 192 wards of the 18 local government areas
\nof the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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