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Congratulations: Olumide Akpata Wins the Labour Party Primaries in Edo State

The former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata has clinched the Labour Party (LP) ticket for the September 2024 governorship election 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 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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