Okpebholo sworn in as Edo governor
Monday Okpebholo, a serving senator, has been sworn in as the governor of Edo state.
Okpebholo took his oath of office at about 1pm on Tuesday at the inauguration ceremony in Benin, the state capital.
As candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Okpebholo won the September 21 off-cycle governorship election in the state.
He polled 291,667 votes to defeat Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) who came second with 247,274 votes.
Olumide Akpata, candidate of the Labour Party (LP), came third with 22,763 votes.
Dennis Idahosa was also sworn in as Edo deputy governor.
Dignitaries including Vice-President Kashim Shettima, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, chairman of the governors forum; Philip Shaibu, reinstated deputy governor of Edo; and other APC governors were in attendance as Okpebholo took the oath of office.
The new governor rode in an open-top van round the stadium afterwards while acknowledging cheers from supporters.
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