A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, has emerged as the governorship candidate of the Labour Party in Edo State.
Akpata scored 316 votes to win the exercise held in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Friday.
The Deputy Governor of Abia State Ikechukwu Emeta who declared Akpata as the winner of the election said, “I hereby declare as follows: Mr. Olumide Osaigbovo Akpata, having scored the highest number of votes and satisfied 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.
While giving his acceptance speech, Akpata paid glowing tribute to the former Governor of Ondo state Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu who is being buried today in Owo.
