Robert Akande

Elected chairman of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area in the 11 July 2026 local government election conducted by the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC); sworn in by Governor Monday Okpebholo on 4 September 2026. Named as the APC's chairmanship candidate for Akoko-Edo before the poll; the APC won every chairmanship, and no published list of the winners names them individually.