{"id":22814,"date":"2023-02-28T03:24:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T03:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/28\/mercy-johnsons-husband-wins-house-of-rep-seat-in-edo-state\/"},"modified":"2023-02-28T03:24:31","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T03:24:31","slug":"mercy-johnsons-husband-wins-house-of-rep-seat-in-edo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/02\/28\/mercy-johnsons-husband-wins-house-of-rep-seat-in-edo-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercy Johnson\u2019s husband wins\u00a0House of Rep seat in Edo State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Mercy-Chinwo-and-Pastor-Blesseds-wedding-3-1024x675.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-text\">\n<p>The husband of popular actress Mercy Johnson has won the Esan South-East\/Esan North-East Federal Constituency (Edo State) House of Representative seat in the ongoing 2023 elections in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Prince Odianosen Okojie, who contested on the ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC), won with a total of 21,764 votes.<\/p>\n<p>He beat the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate who scored 10,007 and the Labour Party candidate who lost with 11,528 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Following the announcement of the results, Mr Okojie was captured in a video celebrating his success surrounded by his supporters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CpIIAOBoeNq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Sharing the video on his social media platforms, he wrote \u201cwith gratitude to God Almighty, My Family and the support of the good people of AGBAZILO, I was declared the winner of the Election for the Federal House of Representatives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEsan North-East\/Esan South-East federal constituency 2023. Thank you for all your support and love. I am sincerely grateful,\u201d the hotelier-turned-politician added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/CpIQlX0IRch\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Also taking to her social media pages Mercy Johnson congratulated her husband writing \u201cCongratulations to @princeodiokojie. It was a huge win and The people of agbazilo have spoken\u2026.You will always Lead right and the people will trust and always stand by you.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CpIgpAAoEqr\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Mr Okojie initially joined the People\u2019s Democratic Party (PDP) to contest for the seat. 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