Edo APC lauds LG elections, assured Tin ubu of 2.5m votes
By Ozioruva Aliu The Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday lauded last weekend’s local government council election in the state, saying the party’s overwhelming victory was a precursor to the promised 2.
Addressing a press conference at the state Secretariat of the party in Benin City, State Chairman of the party, Emperor Jaret Tenebe, also said the elected chairmen and councillors would not be sworn in until September, when the tenure of the current occupants would be three years in line with statutory provisions for local government election and inauguration.
He said the APC secured 2,158,600 votes, “an overwhelming mandate that is a clear expression of the confidence the people of Edo State have reposed in our great party, the leadership of His Excellency, Sen.
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