The government of the United Kingdom has congratulated
Godwin Obaseki on his victory at the polls on
Saturday, 19th September, 2020.
The congratulatory message was contained in a Twitter post on
Sunday by Catriona Laing, the British High
Commissioner to Nigeria.
Laing in her statement, also congratulated Pastor Osagie
Ize-Iyamu as well as the nation’s electoral body, the
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
for the successful conduct of the Edo State governorship poll.
She tweeted: “Congratulations @GovernorObaseki
@PastorIzeIyamu @inecnigeria on #EdoDecides2020.
@UKinNigeria team observed credible process and commend both
candidates for encouraging peace. Thanks to civil society partners
@YIAGA @SituationRoomNg @cleenfoundation for their invaluable
work.”
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It will be recalled as earlier reported by retwtr.com, that
Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), polled 307,955 votes
to defeat all other candidatesincluding Osagie
Ize-Iyamu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) who polled 223,619
votes.
INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Akpofure
Rim-Rukeh declared Obaseki winner of the election.
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