Monday Okpebholo has been inaugurated as the governor of Edo, marking an end to the eight-year stint of Godwin Obaseki at the helm of affairs in the South-South state.
The ceremony took place on Tuesday at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, the state capital, two months after the All Progressives Congress clinched the ticket to the Dennis Osadebay House.
Okpebholo took his oath of office alongside his running mate Dennis Idahosa.
The ceremony was attended by some dignitaries including the Minister of Aviation Festus Keyamo, a former governor of the Edo Adams Oshiomhole among others.
Their inauguration sums up an intriguing political season in Edo State that pitted former allies against each other, and godfathers against their mentees.
Okpebholo defeated Asue Ighodalo of the People’s Democratic Party in the September 21 keenly-contested election.
The APC candidate polled 291,667 as against his main rival’s score of 247,274 votes while Labour Party (LP)’s Olumide Akpata came a distant third with 22,763 votes in the polls contested by fourteen candidates.
