The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress winners of the chairmanship elections in all 18 local government areas of the state.
The elections were held on Saturday.
The Chairman of the commission, Mr Jonathan Aifuobhokhan, announced the results at a news conference on Sunday in Benin.
Aifuobhokhan said the APC also won all 192 councillorship seats contested in the election.
He said the election was successfully conducted across the 18 local government areas and 192 wards in the state.
According to him, accreditation, voting, sorting, counting, collation and declaration of results were carried out in accordance with the Edo State Local Government Electoral Law, 2022, as amended in 2026, and other applicable regulations.
The EDSIEC chairman expressed satisfaction with the conduct of the returning officers, saying they discharged their statutory responsibilities professionally, impartially and in accordance with the law.