With 2,629,025 registered voters, residents of Edo state are set to decide who will lead them in the next four years.
There are 17 candidates in the race for the Edo governorship seat, comprising 16 men and one woman.
The candidates are:
Olumide Akpata – Labour Party (LP)
Asue Ighodalo – Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
Monday Okpebholo – All Progressives Congress (APC)
Uwaifo Osaro — Action Alliance (AA)
Aner Aliu — Social Democratic Party (SDP)
Azena Azemhe Friday — New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP)
Osifo Isiah — All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA)
Ugiagbe Sylvester — All People Movement (APM)
Areleogbe Osalumese — All Peoples Party (APP)
Akhime Afere — Action Democratic Party (ADP)
Udoh David — African Action Congress (AAC)
Akhalamhe Amiemenoghena — Zenith Labour Party (ZLP)
Osirame Edeipo — Boot Party (BP)
Iyere Kennedy — Accord Party (AP)
Obazele Agbone — African Democratic Congress (ADC)
Key Ndidi — Peoples Redemption Party (PRP)
Okungbowa Ovbokhan — Young Progressive Party (YPP)