APC mocks PDP as Ighodalo files petition at Edo tribunal

Oct. 15, 2024 - Punch Newspapers

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, on Monday, filed a petition to challenge the outcome of the September 21 governorship election in the state. The Edo State governorship election held on September 21, 2024, produced the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Monday Okpebholo, as the winner of the election, polling 291,667 votes to defeat Ighodalo Asue Ighodalo of the PDP, who garnered 247,274 votes.

The APC has, however, mocked the PDP for the petition, saying that the party did not have an existing mandate. Last week, both the PDP and APC members besieged the secretariat of the party in Benin, with claims and counter-claims of attempts to distort election materials.

It is the same INEC that announced the APC as the winner of the September 21 governorship election in the state...