Edo gov ‘ship: Court of Appeal affirms Okpebholo’s election

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State. In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously held that the appeal by Asue Ighodalo, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party […]

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State.

In a judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the appellate court unanimously held that the appeal by Asue Ighodalo, who was the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the election, and his party was unmeritorious and dismissed it.

The court held that the appellants failed to show that the tribunal erred in its decision and proceeded to affirm the judgment of the tribunal delivered on April 2 on the election of September 21, 2024.

The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal in Abuja presided Justice Wilfred Kpochi unanimously dismissed the petition for inability to prove allegations of over-voting in 320 polling units across the 18 local government areas of the state.

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Ighodalo had also alleged corruption and that Okpebholo and APC did not win a majority of lawful votes in the election, despite having 291,667 votes against their 247,655 votes in the election.

The PDP and Ighodalo had called 19 witnesses, including collation agents and a research expert and tendered polling units’ results, collation results, the BVAS and other sensitive materials.