From Tony Osauzo, Benin
The candidate of the Labour Party(LP), for Edo South Senatorial District, Neda Imasuen, a Lawyer, has been declared the winner of the senatorial seat.
Announcing the results in the early hours of Monday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer, Professor Julius Obasuyi, said Imasuen polled 167,250 votes to defeat Hon. Mathhew Iduoriyekemwen of the PDP and Valentine Asuen of the APC who scored 61,749 and 57,933 votes respectively.
The INEC Returning Officer also announced that AA scored 369 votes, ADC, 1909, ADP, 1022, NNPP, 2279, NRM scored 581, SDP got 400 while the ZLP scored 2670 votes.
Reacting to his victory, Imasuen in a press statement while thanking the people appealed to them to ensure they vote for the candidates of the LP in the March 11 state House of assembly election.
“Thank you for your belief in me and my party. We have campaigned for the past five months, and we have seen firsthand what bad governance has done to our society, poverty and insecurity staring at us, but I also saw that our people were seeking a government that would bring them comfort; the Labour Party was that party.
“As a party, we knew the people were with us and we would win, and we were also certain the other parties would use violence or whatever vice they could concoct to subvert the will of the people. We saw pockets of this in Oredo here in Edo State and on a large scale in Lagos and River”, he added.