The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, have rejected the verdict of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal which upheld the victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 2024 election.
The PDP had challenged the declaration of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), which showed that Okpebhole secured a total of 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, Ighodalo, who got a total of 247,655 votes.
The party was joined by the Accord Party (AP) and the Action Alliance (AA) in urging the tribunal to nullify INEC’s declaration.
Delivering judgment in Abuja on Wednesday, the tribunal refused to order INEC to conduct a fresh governorship election in Edo State as contained in the petition by the AP.
It said the petitioners failed to discharge the burden of proof placed on them by the law.
According to the tribunal, while the petitioners made “general and sweeping allegations” against the outcome of the election, they failed to bring particulars of exact polling units or wards where the alleged widespread rigging and non-compliance occurred.
https://guardian.ng/breakingnews/pdp-rejects-tribunals-verdict-on-edo-election/
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