APC Primary: Ogbeide-Ihama defeats Imasuen, Ize-Iyamu to emerge senatorial candidate

The legislator representing Edo South senatorial territory astatine the National Assembly, Neda Imasuen, has mislaid his bid to instrumentality to the reddish enclosure successful 2027.

DAILY POST reports that Imasuen was defeated on Monday, May 18, 2026 by Omorogie Ogbeide-Ihama to look the All Progressives Congress, APC campaigner for the Senatorial district.

Neda Imasuen, who was elected connected the level of the Labour Party, LP, aboriginal defected to the APC connected June 25, 2025.

At the Primary elections conducted on Monday, May 18, 2026, Ogbeide-Ihama polled a full of  27,154 votes to decision his closest rival, Senator Neda Imasuen, who scored 13,580 portion Pastor Osagie Ize- Iyamu got 6,785 votes.

Mohammed Kabiru Ajana, the president of the committee, gave the figures soon aft the collation of the results of the superior elections crossed the 77 wards successful the 7 section governments that marque up the senatorial district.

Ajana announced aft each the section governments’ returning officers gave scores to each campaigner astatine the primary.

He, however, declined to state Ogbeide-Ihama the victor of the election.

The breakdown of the results showed that Ogbeide-Ihama won successful each 7 section governments.

In the Oredo section government, Ogbeide-Ihama scored 3,950 votes, Neda Imasuen, 1,974 votes and Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu got 986 votes.

In Egor, Ihama polled 4,226 votes, Neda Imasuen 2,...