Post-Bypoll Shake-Up: APC Displaces PDP LG Leaders

Just two days after by-elections were held across 59 wards in Edo State, the acting chairmen of all 18 local government councils have been replaced by newly elected councillors from the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The shake-up follows by-elections conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission (EDSIEC). Until their removal, the acting chairmen had originally been councillors elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in September 2023. They rose to the position of council heads after the state House of Assembly suspended all 18 elected local government chairmen and their deputies in December 2024.

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In the months that followed, 17 of the 18 acting chairmen defected from the PDP to the APC, leaving Oredo Local Government Area as the only exception.

DAILY POST reports that after APC councillors received their Certificates of Return from EDSIEC, the acting chairmen were pressured to step aside, making way for the new officeholders.

So far, those who have resigned include:

• Solomon Oghuma Emmanuel (Etsako East)
• Obosa Jolly (Ikpoba Okha)
• Godsent Agboibo (Esan West)
• Osas Iredia Benjamin (Uhunmwode)
• Alabi Bliss Oshionogue (Akoko-Edo)
• Kelvin Eguakun (Egor)
• Kelvin Iyere (Esan Central)
• Paul Uhomesili (Esan North-East)
• Moses Edoh (Esan South-East)
• Cephas Yakubu (Etsako Central)
• Henshew Elimihe (Igueben)
• Evbu Amen Oboh (Oredo)
• Holga Daniel Osariemen (Orhionmwon)
• Omoruyi Igbinake (Ovia North East)
• Nosa Edobor (Ovia South West)
• Haruna Mohammed (Owan East)
• Joy Ohunyon (Owan West)
• Okwilague Valentine (Etsako West).

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Meanwhile, in Ikpoba Okha and Uhunmwode, the acting council bosses have already been replaced by Sino Eric Osawaru and Augustine Imafidon, respectively.