All eyes will be on Supreme Court Wednesday (tomorrow), July 2, 2025, as it hears the high-stakes appeal in the Edo State governorship election dispute between Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The case, which has drawn national attention, follows a series of…
By Sebastine Ebhuomhan The Appeal Court on Thursday upheld the election of Senator Monday Okpebholo, in the September 21, 2014 governorship election in Edo State . The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja described Okpebholo’s election as free, fair, credible, and peaceful. Delivering the judgement on all the appeals and cross-appeal filed against the election…
Asue Ighodalo, who flew the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State has vowed to continue the fight to reclaim what he themed his “stolen mandate.” He said he was headed to the Supreme Court on appeal. Ighodalo spoke on Thursday immediately after the Court…
The Court of Appeal, Abuja on Thursday affirmed the election of Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo. In the same measure the appellate court dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate in the election, Asue Ighodalo. The court ruled that the governorship poll was validly conducted by the…
By Sebastine Ebhuomhan Thursday, 29th May, 2025. Abuja. The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja will today decide all the appeals filed on the governorship election of Edo State. The election that held on Saturday, 21st September, 2024, was won by Senator Monday Okpebholo, whom the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) returned as duly elected…
Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the September 21, 2024, governorship election in Edo State, Dr Asue Ighodalo, has described the judgment of the Edo Election Petition Tribunal that affirmed Monday Okpebholo as winner of the September 2024 governorship election as a “travesty of justice.” He vowed to challenge the judgment of the…
By Sebastian Ebhuomhan The Elections Petition Tribunal continued the hearing of the Edo State governorship election petitions on Wednesday at the National Judicial Institute (NJI), Abuja, with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) formally opening its defence in the petition marked: EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024, by tendering three documents for admission as evidence. The candidate of People’s Democratic…
