Oshiomhole Clinches APC Senatorial Ticket for Edo North
Former Edo State Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has won the All Progressives Congress (APC) Edo North Senatorial ticket for the 2023 general elections.
Mr. Oshiomhole received 309 votes to secure the APC ticket, while his opponent and incumbent senator, Francis Alimikhena, received five votes in the party primary election held on Saturday in Auchi, Edo.
Festus Ebia, the APC primary returning officer, said 317 delegates were accredited out of the 320 expected delegates for the election, and three votes were voided.
“Oshiomhole having scored the majority votes of 309 and satisfied the requirement of the election is hereby declared winner,” he said.