Elections: Oshiomhole Sacks Edo North Incumbent Senator

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, was on Monday declared the winner of the Edo North senatorial seat.

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission Returning Officer, Benjamin Adesina, the former Edo State governor polled 107,110 votes to defeat Francis Alimikhena of the Peoples Democratic Party, the incumbent, who scored 55,344 votes.

Adesina said, “Adams Oshiomhole of APC, having scored the highest number of votes, is hereby declared as the winner of the election conducted on the 25th of February for Edo north senatorial district.”