Breaking: Supreme Court delivers judgment on 'sacking' Edo governor, see details

• The Supreme Court has affirmed the predetermination of Monday Okpebholo’s triumph arsenic Edo authorities governor
• The tribunal ruled successful favour of the politician connected Thursday, July 10, affirming the earlier determination Appeal Court
• Legit.ng reports that the apex tribunal dismissed the entreaty by the PDP and its governorship campaigner successful the disputed poll, Asue Ighodalo

Legit.ng writer Ridwan Adeola Yusuf has implicit 9 years of acquisition covering elections, politics, and governance successful Nigeria.

Benin City, Edo state - The Supreme Court has affirmed the predetermination of Governor Monday Okpebholo of Edo state.

Vanguard noted the improvement successful a study connected Thursday morning, July 10.

Supreme Court affirms Okpehbolo’s election

The Punch besides reported connected the Supreme Court's verdict.

In a unanimous determination by a five-member sheet led by Justice Mohammed Garba, the apex tribunal dismissed arsenic lacking successful merit, an entreaty the campaigner of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, filed to nullify the result of the governorship predetermination held successful the authorities connected September 21, 2024.

According to the Supreme Court, it recovered nary crushed to acceptable speech the concurrent judgments of some the Court of Appeal and the Edo authorities governorship predetermination petition tribunal, which returned Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) arsenic the valid victor of the gubernatorial contest.

It held that the appellant failed to adduce credible and admissible grounds to substantiate his assertion that the predetermination was marred by irregularities that included over-voting and important non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act.

Likewise, it held that the Appellant failed to telephone applicable witnesses to show immoderate of the grounds helium tendered successful enactment of his case, particularly the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines.

It held that immoderate of the impervious of evidence, which were tendered from the Bar, were simply dumped connected the tribunal without establishing alleged non-compliance successful 432 retired of a full of 4,519 polling units successful the state.

The Supreme Court held successful its pb judgement that was delivered by Justice Garba:

“The Appellant did not satisfactorily discharge the load of impervious placed connected him by the law."

Ighodalo had successful the entreaty marked: SC/CV/536/2025, prayed the tribunal to invalidate the May 29 verdict of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed his lawsuit and affirmed Okpebholo’s victory.

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Source: Legit.ng