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Obaseki receives certificate of return after Edo election victory
Sep 22, 2020
Governor Godwin Obaseki has received a certificate of return following his victory in the Edo governorship election.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared the 63-year-old winner of the September 19 election after concluding votes collation on Sunday, September 20, 2020.
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) beat Osagie Ize-Iyamu , the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and 12 other candidates .
Obaseki received his certificate of return during a ceremony that took place at INEC's Collation Centre, in Benin, Edo State capital, on Tuesday, September 22.
Governor Godwin Obaseki received the certificate of return from INEC National Commissioner, May Agbamuche-Mbu [Twitter/@GovernorObaseki]
The INEC National Commissioner in charge of Edo, Bayelsa and Rivers, May Agbamuche-Mbu , presented the certificates of return to both Obaseki and the state's deputy governor-elect, Philip Shaibu .
"INEC, I believe, has played its humble part but we have always maintained that a successfully conducted election is a collective effort, and so it has proven to be," she said.
Obaseki praised INEC's conduct of the election, and extended a hand of friendship to his opponents.
He said, "I am using this opportunity to extend a hand of fellowship to my brother, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, and other colleagues in the APC to work with us to move Edo forward.
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