Senator Monday Okpebholo, has been declared the winner of the Edo State All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship primary election.
Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River, the APC supplementary primary election chairman, declared Mr Okpebholo the election winner on Friday in Benin.
Otu said the candidate garnered 12,433 votes to defeat 11 other aspirants in the contest.
Governor Hope Uzodinma had on February 17 declared Rep Dennis Idahosa, a member representing Ovia Federal Constituency, as the winner of the primaries.
However, the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) upturned the victory and declared the election inconclusive.
The committee ordered that a supplementary primary be conducted on Thursday and replaced Mr Uzodinma with Mr Otu as chairman.
Mr Idahosa, who led the first ballot with 4,483, ended the rerun with 6,541 votes.
