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Monday Okpebholo has been sworn in as the governor of Edo State, marking an end to the eight years administration of Godwin Obaseki in the South-South state.
The inauguration ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the state capital.
This is coming two months after the All Progressives Congress, APC, clinched the ticket to the Dennis Osadebay House.
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Okpebholo took his oath of office alongside his running mate, Dennis Idahosa.
The Eastern Updates had previously reported that the All Progressives Congress, APC, transition committee on Sunday said it did not invite the outgoing Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki to the inauguration of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the new governor of the state because the former had planned to frustrate the inauguration ceremony.
The Eastern Updates also reports that Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC candidate emerged as the governor-elect, to take over from the outgoing governor Obaseki whose eight years of two tenures as governor would come to an end on November 12, 2024.
Okpebholo defeated his closest rival Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 15 other political party candidates at the September 21, 2024 governorship election.
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Prince Kassim Afegbua, a member of the APC transition committee in a statement made available to newsmen in Benin City, titled, “Obaseki and his lamentations”, noted that rather than sit down to plan the inauguration event as it is done in other climes, the outgoing governor was busy planting landmines on the path to smooth transfer of power.
