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BREAKING: Monday Okpebholo sworn in as Edo state governor
Monday Okpebholo has been sworn in as the governor of Edo State.
Okpebholo took his oath of office at about 1pm on Tuesday during the inauguration ceremony in Benin, the state capital.
As the 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, the candidate of the Labour Party (LP), came third with 22,763 votes.
Dennis Idahosa was also sworn in as the deputy governor of Edo.
