Breaking: Appeal Court delivers judgment on 'sacking' Edo governor

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FCT, Abuja - The Court of Appeal sitting successful Abuja connected Thursday, May 29, upheld the predetermination of Monday Okpebholo arsenic the Governor of Edo.

As reported by Channels Television, the tribunal dismissed the petition of Asue Ighodalo, the campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) successful the September 21, 2024 governorship predetermination successful the south-south state.

Premium Times besides noted the Appeal Court's verdict.

A three-member seat of the Court of Appeal delivered judgments connected 3 appeals and 1 counter-appeal, which yet upheld the April 2 verdict of the little governorship predetermination tribunal that affirmed Okpebholo’s victory.

The entreaty filed by the PDP and its campaigner Ighodalo drew the astir attention.

Ighodalo and the PDP filed the entreaty against the tribunal’s judgment, which dismissed their petition against the results declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

At the canvass past September, Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) secured 291,667 votes to decision PDP’s Ighodalo who got 247,274 votes, and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) who came a distant 3rd successful the contention with 22,763 votes. 14 different candidates contested the spot but got little than the 3 frontline candidates.

The APC campaigner cleared implicit 10 of the 18 section authorities areas, leaving the PDP campaigner with marginal triumph successful the different section councils. The APC gained power successful 2 of the 3 battleground senatorial districts successful the state.

Okpebholo was instantly declared returned elected by the electoral umpire INEC and sworn successful arsenic politician connected November 12, 2024, erstwhile helium took implicit the much-coveted spot astatine the Dennis Osadebe House from PDP’s Godwin Obaseki.

In its contiguous effect to Thursday's verdict, the PDP said the judgement of the appellate tribunal would beryllium contested astatine the Supreme Court.

Source: Legit.ng