30-year-old emerges youngest Edo council chairman-elect

Edo LG chairman-elect, Anthony Osarobo. Credit: The Nigerian Observer

The candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Anthony Osarobo, has been declared the winner of the Ovia South West Local Government chairmanship election held on Saturday in Edo State.

The 30-year-old Osarobo polled 98,994 votes to defeat candidates of 11 other political parties in the election conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission.

Declaring the result at the local government collation centre, the Returning Officer, Dr Arodoye Nosakhare, said the APC candidate scored the highest number of lawful votes cast and was duly returned elected.

“After the collation of results across the various political parties, the APC chairmanship candidate, having scored the majority of valid votes, is hereby returned elected,” Nosakhare announced.