Ex-NBA President Emerges Edo LP Guber Candidate
A former National President of the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, Mr Olumide Akpata, on Friday emerged as the Labour Party’s governorship candidate in Edo State.
Akpata defeated other aspirants in the party’s primary election conducted in Benin City, the state capital
Akpata scored 316 votes to win the exercise.
The Deputy Governor of Abia State Ikechukwu Emeta declared Akpata as the winner of the election.
“I hereby declare as follows: Mr Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, having scored the highest number of votes and certified the provisions of the constitution of the party, is hereby declared the winner and the gubernatorial candidate of the Labour Party for the Edo State governorship election 2024,” Emeta who is also the chief returning officer for the election said.
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