The Returning Officer, Prof. A. Obasuyi, declared that Imasuen scored 167,250 votes.

Mr Neda Imasuen of the Labour Party, LP, has been declared as the winner of the Edo South Senatorial District election of Saturday, by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

The Returning Officer, Prof. A. Obasuyi, declared that Imasuen scored 167,250 votes.

He defeated his PDP and APC opponents, who scored 57,933 votes and 61,749, respectively.

The LP candidate for Oredo federal constituency, Mr Iyawe Eseosa won his election, Obasuyi said.

The APC and PDP candidates at the election scored 15,747 votes and 11,889 votes, respectively, he added.