By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has expressed deep disappointment and betrayal over the Supreme Court’s judgment upholding the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, Ighodalo said,...
Edo State Governorship election
Supreme Court has adjourned judgment indefinitely in the legal battle over the Edo Governorship Election Petition. The appeal was filed by Asue Ighodalo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the election of Sen. Monday Okpebholo as the governor of Edo State. Justice Garba Lawal, who presided over the...
The Governorship Election Petition Tribunal for Edo on Tuesday in Abuja, reserved judgment in the petition filed by the Action Alliance (AA) against the outcome of the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in the state. Justice Wilfred Kpochi-led three member tribunal said that a date for the judgment would...
The All Progressives Congress, (APC) has closed its defense in the petition at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal challenging its victory in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo. The party, which is the 3rd respondent in the petition, closed its case after four witnesses gave testimony...
The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has closed its case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) and it’s candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo dragged INEC, the All Progressives Congress, (APC) and Gov. Monday Okpebholo...
The Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its governorship candidate in Edo, Asue Ighodalo, on Monday, closed their case at the Edo Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that PDP and Ighodalo dragged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), the All Progressives Congress...
Mr Anthony Aziegbemin, the Chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo, on Monday, said their petition against the All Progressives Congress (APC) at the governorship election tribunal sitting in Abuja was documentary based. Aziegbemin stated this while briefing the newsmen in Abuja shortly after the PDP and its candidate...
Sen. Adams Oshiomhole, on Friday, refrained from making comments on the ongoing hearing of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s petition at the Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja. Oshiomhole, who represents the Edo North Senatorial District, refused to comment on his observation of the proceedings while fielding...
A politician from Akoko Edo Local Government Area of Edo, Victor Eseigbe, on Thursday, testified as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s witness at the ongoing governorship election tribunal, insisting that the poll was marred by irregularities. Eseigbe, who had the witness code: WW1M/9, gave his testimony while being led in...
The Edo Gubernatorial Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday in Abuja, berated the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, over their failure to produce witnesses in court. PDP and Asue were to produce witnesses to testify in the petition they filed seeking the nullification of the governorship...
The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has announced its relocation from Benin City to Abuja, effective Monday. The tribunal, according to a notice by its Secretary, Mua’azu Bagudu, on Friday in Benin, will now sit at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Airport Road, Abuja. “I am directed to notify...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has urged the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to dismiss the petition filed by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), challenging the victory of Gov. Monday Okpebholo. The APC, in a motion, argued by its counsel, Ferdinand Orbih, SAN, on Wednesday, described the PDP...
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Benin as members of the state government Assets Recovery Committee stormed the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to recover a bus owned by the state government. The vehicle, which was a 32-seater-coaster bus, conveyed the counsels to the People’s Democratic...
The Transition Committee of Edo Governor-Elect, Monday Okpebholo, has denied borrowing funds for the inauguration ceremony slated for Tuesday. The outgoing Gov. Godwin Obaseki had accused the committee of borrowing N5 billion to organise the ceremony. Obaseki’s administration also accused the governor-elect of not inviting him for the inauguration...
An Abuja High Court on Friday, quashed a criminal summon issued on Sept. 12 by an a magistrates’ court against Sen. Monday Okpebholo over alleged certificate forgery. Justice Charles Agbaza, in a judgment , also voided the entire proceedings before Magistrate Abubakar Mukhtar of a Wuse Magistrate Court in...
Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) women’s group paid a heartfelt tribute to the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, at the Oba Palace in Benin with a dance performance. This is contained in a statement issued by Osaigbovo Iguobaro, Chief Press Secretary to the Oba of...
The Labour Party (LP) governorship candidate in Edo State, Olumide Akpata, on Saturday said he won’t challenge the result of the September 21 gubernatorial election. Akpata emerged third with 22, 763 votes in the election. He lost to the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Monday Okpebholo, who raked in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has debunked the allegations of BVAS machine smuggling in Edo, describing it as baseless, unsubstantiated and without merit. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the All Progressives Congress (APC) had, in a petition to INEC on Oct. 10, alleged that PDP...
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressive Congress (APC) have disagreed over the modalities and timing for the inspection of election materials used in the just concluded Edo governorship election. The election petition tribunal had ordered INEC to release all electoral materials used in the election to...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Edo, has denied obstructing any political party from inspecting election materials and BVAS machines used for the just concluded governorship election. In a statement in Benin on Wednesday, Dr Anugbum Onuoha, Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, said that the allegations...