The July 14, 2012 Governorship elections in Edo State, were reportedly overwhelmingly won by the incumbent Governor, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. According to the election results, the Governor won in all the 18 Local Government Areas of the State.
Some discerning minds that were described at that time as cynics were however unsettled because of reports of the role which money played in the process. Many members of the main opposition party-the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) allegedly sold out while the law enforcement agencies were said to have been overtly partisan.
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