Imo Governor Hope Uzodimma, who chairs the APC committee for Edo, pronounced Dennis Idahosa the winner, while Ogbuaja Uzoamaka, the returning officer, announced Monday Okpebholo as the winner.
The APC candidate scored 223,619 votes to come second behind Godwin Obaseki of the PDP, who polled 307,955 votes during Saturday’s exercise.
Opposition PDP has just defeated the ruling APC in the Edo gubernatorial election.
Governor Godwin Obaseki defected from APC to PDP in July after a dispute between him and the former APC chairman Adams Oshiomole
