The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has cleared all 18 Local Government Areas in the Edo State local government election held on Saturday.

Channels Television reports that the results released by the state independent electoral commission showed that PDP swept the votes in all the local government areas in the State.

The election was held on Saturday in all of the local government areas in the state.

Apart from the PDP, other major political parties that participated in the election for Chairmanship and Councillorship of all the wards include the Labour Party, LP, and the All Progressives Congress, APC.

At the time of filing this report, the APC and the LP are yet to issue an official statement on the outcome of the election.