Edo Speaker, Agbebaku picks APC ticket, as deputy, Atu loses out

Blessing Agbebaku, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, has been elected arsenic the All Progressives Congress (APC) campaigner for the Owan West Constituency successful the State House of Assembly up of the 2027 wide election.

DAILY POST reports that his deputy, Hon. Atu Osamwonyi, was not arsenic fortunate arsenic helium mislaid the accidental of clinching the party’s ticket.

Atu was defeated by Ndidi Aghimien arsenic the party’s campaigner for Orhionmwon Constituency I.

Ndidi scored 2,777 votes, Atu polled 9 votes, Terry Igiebor secured 87 votes, portion Nosakhare Eguagie got 57 votes.

Meanwhile, Speaker Agbebaku, who defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful January 2025, polled a full of 2,846 votes to decision his closest rival, Mr. Atafo Gold, who scored 60 votes.

Other aspirants, including Mr. Ohioma George, got 31 votes, portion Frank Ilaboya, a erstwhile president of Owan West Local Government Council, and Mrs. Juliana Ikharo garnered zero votes respectively.

Hon. Maria Edeko, the erstwhile Deputy Speaker nether the PDP-dominated House, besides clinched the APC summons to recontest for the Esan North-East II election.

Edeko, similar Blessing Agbebaku, defected to the APC from the PDP and scored 1,549 votes to ...