Edo decides 2020: Live Updates, Results, situation reports.

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John Owen Nwachukwu 

Electorates in Edo State will on Saturday, September 19, 2020 go to the polls, to choose their governor for the next four years.

The battle of who emerges governor of the State is clearly between incumbent Governor, Godwin Obaseki of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC, candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu.

Pastor Ize-Iyamu has the backing of the former Governor of the State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, who is the immediate past National Chairman of the APC.

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