The Oredo Local Government chapter of the Labour Party (LP) in preparation for the May 6, 2913 local government elections in Edo State has conducted its primaries election to nominate candidates ahead of the election.
The keenly contested party primaries saw the emergence of Mr Onaghise Osaretin Daniel as the winner of the chairmanship primary election ticket for the election.
The Local Government Returning Officer, Orobosa Osamabo, while declaring the primary election results said Onaghise polled a total of 28 votes to defeat his closest rival, Edosa Eghobamie who scored 18 votes.
While noting that the election was peaceful, he added that the electorate exercised their franchise without any intimidations from any quarters.
Speaking shortly after he was declared winner of the election, Onaghise osaretin said, the election was the first phase and that contesting against other political parties candidates remains the next hurdle to surmount.
“We do not have any losers. We all that contested, we are all winners”,he said.
The Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC) recently shifted the date earlier fixed for the Local Government Elections from Thursday, January 19, 2023 to Saturday, May 06, 2023
