The Former National Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has won the Edo State Labour Party governorship primary election.
The Returning Officer for the election and Deputy Governor of Abia State, Ikechukwu Emetu, declared Akpata as the winner after collating the results on Friday.
Emetu said the lawyer polled 316 votes to emerge the winner of the exercise.
He spoke to journalists in Benin when he appeared as the Special Guest at the award day of the 2023 Press Week of the Edo State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists.
Akpata had in December 2023 explained that his ambition is not being sponsored by Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki.
He said there was no truth that Obaseki would back him if his preferred candidate in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) lost the ticket.
He said, “That I am sponsored by Godwin Obaseki is an unfounded and baseless rumour. It was bandied around by two irresponsible online blogs that I shall be going after with all the venom that I can muster because my approach to fake news is that you nip it in the bud and you deal with it before it festers.
Akpata also said that those alleging that he was attempting to buy the LP ticket with cash were displaying immaturity.
