After emerging victorious at Edo Governorship Petition Tribunal last Wednesday, Governor Monday Okpebholo may have to wait perhaps for the apex court to make a pronouncement on the electoral victory as his closest rival in the 2024 gubernatorial poll, Asue Ighodalo, has hinted of plan to appeal the judgement. Alex Enumah reports.
Indications that the legal battle for the governorship seat in Edo State, may go all the way to the apex court emerged last Wednesday’s night, following the disclosure by the candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2024 gubernatorial poll in the state, Mr Asue Ighodalo, to seek further redress of his grievances against the conduct of the September 21, 2024 governorship election, which produced Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as Governor, at the Court of Appeal.A
Few minutes after the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which sat in Abuja, affirmed his election as Governor of Edo State, Senator Okpebholo, after dedicating his victory to the Almighty God and the people of Edo State, extended an olive branch to his closest rival at last year’s governorship election, Mr Asue Ighodalo of the PDP. The governor in a release by his Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Fred Itua, while thanking the tribunal for its diligence and fairness, called on all citizens, including Ighodalo to join hands with him in the spirit of unity and work together for the progress of Edo State. “It is time to put aside partisan differences and focus on the common goal of building a better future for our state”, he said.