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,...
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Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal filed by Mr. Asue Ighodalo and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) against the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo as the Governor of Edo State. In a judgment delivered by Justice Garba Lawal, the apex court held that the appeal lacked merit. Ighodalo’s lawyer,...
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...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, has vowed to take his case to the Supreme Court in response to the Court of Appeal’s judgment upholding Governor Monday Okpebholo’s electoral victory. In a statement released on Thursday, Ighodalo expressed his determination not...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, affirmed Mr Monday Okpebholo as duly elected governor in the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election held in Edo. The court, in a judgement by a three-member panel led by Justice M. A. Danjuma, dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples...
Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the Sept. 21 governorship election. Delivering judgment in Abuja, the tribunal upheld the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo of the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo has called on the governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo and other opposition parties to unite and work together for the progress of the state. The governor, in a statement on Wednesday by his Chief...
Mixed reactions have continued to trail the tribunal’s judgment affirming the election of Gov. Monday Okpebholo as the winner of the Sept. 19 governorship election in Edo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo election tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, reaffirmed Okpebholo’s victory. It dismissed...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, has congratulated Gov. Monday Okpebholo of Edo on his victory at the tribunal. The Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal, sitting on Wednesday, affirmed Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of Edo. A three-member panel, led by Justice Wilfred...
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the 19 September governorship election in Edo, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has said he will challenge the tribunal’s judgment at the Court of Appeal. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the Edo election tribunal, sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, reaffirmed Gov....
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 candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the last Sept. 21, Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has reaffirmed his confidence in the nation’s judiciary. Ighodalo stated this in Benin on Thursday, outside the court house, while speaking to News men, amid rising tension in the Edo...
The Edo State Government has issued a 72-hour ultimatum to the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last governorship election in the state, Asue Ighodalo and other supporters of the party, to return government vehicles in their possession. Chairman, Government Assets Recovery Committee of the state,...
Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the just concluded Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has said that his aspiration was never about power but a genuine desire to serve Edo people. In his thank you message to Edo people made available to newsmen on Monday in...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has declared Sen. Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) winner of the Saturday governorship election in Edo. INEC’s Returning Officer for the election, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced the winner on Sunday in Benin after the collation of results from 18...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate Monday Okpebholo has taken the lead in the Edo State governorship election. Okpebholo has 48,000 more votes ahead of his closest rival Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). Of the 16 local government area results declared so far at the INEC...
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended the collation of results for the Edo governorship election held on Saturday. INEC’s Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Adamu Kuta, announced the suspension on Sunday due to outstanding results from Oredo and Ikpoba Okha local governments. “The collation officers for the two...
The Independent National Electoral Commission has activated election results collation centres in Edo State. The commission earlier announced that it was set to commence state-levelled collation of the governorship election. This was revealed by the National Commissioner & Member Information and Voter Education Committee, Mohammed Haruna during a press...
The candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Edo governorship election, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has condemned the late arrival of officials of Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) and election materials to his polling unit. The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that INEC Officials and materials arrived in Ighodalo’s Okaegben...
Dr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, voted at Okaegben ward one, unit 3, Ewohimi, Esan South East local government area, at 12:03 p.m. on Saturday. Speaking after casting his ballot, Ighodalo commended the military for ensuring safety. “I commend the military for their role; they’ve demonstrated...