Quick Facts
Voting Started Around 8:30 AM
17 Parties Are Fielding Candidates
Election Holds In 4,519 Polling Units
2.2m PVCs Collected
Security Beefed Up
After months of campaigns and intrigues, voters in Edo State are casting their ballots in the governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had cleared 17 parties for the September 21st election as candidates battle to take over the reins of leadership from incumbent Governor Godwin Obaseki. His tenure ends in November.
Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP); the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s Monday Okpebholo and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) are the major contenders for the battle.
The election is taking place in 4,519 polling units across the 18 local government areas of Edo State.
09:32 pm: INEC said it would probe two allegations of wrong figures inputted into polling unit (PU) result sheets in Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election.
09:06 pm: INEC has uploaded over 95% of polling unit result sheets of Saturday’s Edo State Governorship Election on the commission’s Result Viewing Portal (IReV). Out of the 4519 polling units, the electoral umpire has uploaded the result sheets of 4316 polling units on the portal.
08:30 pm: INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo State, Anugbum Onuoha, told Channels Television that the results of the election are still at the ward level and would travel to the local government level before being sent to the state collation centre.
07:50 pm: INEC Speaks On Announcement Of Edo Election Results
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it has not received governorship election results from any of the 18 local government areas (LGAs) in Edo State.
06:11 pm: Ballots are being sorted in many polling units, while the results are uploaded on the INEC result viewing portal (IReV)
05:29 pm: Asue Ighodalo wins Unit 3, Ward 1 in Ewohimi, Esan South East LGA. Results announced: PDP 200, APC 45, VOID 1
05:10 pm: Police arrest fake journalist, suspected political thugs
The Nigeria Police Force says its operatives have apprehended a “fake journalist” who claims to be a staff member of one of the leading television stations in Nigeria during the governorship election in Edo State on Saturday.
04:11 pm: Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate in the September 21, 2024 election in Edo State, has accused the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) of delaying voting in his strongholds in Edo Central Senatorial District.
03:37 pm: Situation Room decries widespread vote-buying, fake news
A coalition of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (NCSSR), has observed voter inducement at polling units (PUs) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State.
03:29 pm: Contention over whether a vote cast is void or valid at Ward 002, Unit 023, Ikpoba Okha LGA.
03:02 pm: Nigeria’ll Suffer If INEC ‘Messes’ With Edo Election – Odinkalu
Former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has warned that the country could face dire consequences if the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) toys with the ongoing Edo governorship election.
02:51 pm: Sorting and counting at Ward 002, Unit 21. Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Okha LGA.
02:38 pm: INEC officials at different polling units in Ward 002, Western Boys High School, Ikpoba Okha LGA strike out unused materials. Sorting and counting to follow immediately.
10:11 am: An angry voter, Christopher Adoghe, berates INEC for the delay in the start of accreditation and voting at Ward 1, Unit 3, where the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, will be casting his ballot later.
09:58 am: The EFCC has arrested some suspected vote buyers at Egor LGA.
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes (EFCC) have arrested some suspected vote-buyers in the ongoing Edo Governorship election.
9:45 am: Channels TV is on the ground at the Udomi Primary School in Udomi, Irrua, Esan Central LGA where the APC governorship candidate Monday Okpebholo is about to cast his vote.
He will cast his vote in polling unit 1, Ward 2.
9:41 am: Voting ongoing at Ward 7, Egor LGA, Edo South, Edo State.
8:30 am: Voting has started in some areas in the Edo governorship election.
8:29 am: At the Eguare Primary School in Ekpoma, Esan West LGA which serves as a RAC (electoral materials are distributed to other polling units from the RAC) as well as a Polling Unit (PU) for Ward 4, units 5, 6, 7 and 8.
8: 25am: Officials at Ward 7, Units 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, Olua Primary Sch, Egor LGA, and Uselu are fully set up. However, some officials are still in buses, waiting to be accompanied to their various polling units.
7:55 am: The Nigeria Police Force has made a significant breakthrough in its efforts to curb electoral violence in Edo State with the arrest of two suspected political thugs.
7:40 am: INEC Adhoc officials are still at the RAC, waiting to be escorted by police to their respective polling units.
7:15 am: Adhoc officials setting up at a RAC in Ward 7 Unit 3, Egor LGA, Edo South.
