The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the petition filed by the People Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo, challenging the outcome of the September 21, 2024 governorship election.
Delivering the judgement in Abuja on Wednesday, the tribunal upheld the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC), who was declared the winner by Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), with 291,667 votes, defeating Ighodalo who polled 247655 votes.
The three-member tribunal dismissed petitioners’ petition on the grounds that they failed to prove their allegation of over voting.
The tribunal also held that the petitioners failed to call competent witness to speak to documentary evidence they brought to the tribunal.
This the justices said amounted to dumping of documents on the tribunal as they could not prove how the documents led their allegations of over voting.
-9News Nigeria.
