President Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday hosted the Edo State governor-elect, Senator Monday Okpebholo, and his deputy, at the State House, Abuja.

Okpebholo was accompanied by the chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, and some of the governors elected on the platform of the party.

Governors on the entourage include chairman of the Progressive Governors Forum (PGF), Hope Uzodimma (Imo); Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq (Kwara); Uba Sani (Kaduna); Usman Ododo (Kogi), and Dapo Abiodun (Ogun).

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Also on the entourage was the Senator representing Edo North Senatorial District, Adams Oshiomhole, and the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Okpebholo of the APC winner of last Saturday’s governorship election in Edo State.