Edo governorship ballot: Supreme Court docket adjourns judgment indefinitely

The Supreme Court docket on Thursday adjourned indefinitely for judgment after taking arguments for and in opposition to the result of the 2024 Edo gubernatorial ballot that produced Sen. Monday Okpebholo because the duly elected governor.

Justice Garba Lawal who presided over listening to of the attraction filed by Mr Asue Ighodalo and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) mentioned that the date for supply of the judgment could be communicated to events concerned.

The apex Court docket adjourned the judgment sine die after taking arguments for and in opposition to the election that produced Sen. Monday Okpebholo because the duly elected governor.

Ighodalo whose attraction was argued by Ken Mosia SAN prayed the apex courtroom to take away Okpebholo and pronounced him as winner of the election.

His floor was that he scored majority of the lawful votes within the election.

Nonetheless, the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee INEC represented by Kanu Agabi SAN requested the courtroom to dismiss the attraction in its entirety.

Agabi argued that Ighodalo and PDP had of their petition stigmatized as invalid and illegal on floor of non compliance with the Electoral Act 2022.

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The electoral physique mentioned having declared the election as illegal and unlawful, Ighodalo and PDP can not flip round and pray the courtroom to declare them as winners of illegality.

INEC accused Ighodalo and PDP of being inconsistent of their grievances in opposition to the election and pleaded that their case be dismissed for need of benefit.

The Court docket of Appeal in Abuja on Could 29, upheld the election of Okpebholo because the Governor of Edo.

The courtroom dismissed the case of Ighodalo within the Sept. 21, 2024 governorship election.

Delivering judgment, a three-member panel of the appellate courtroom led by Justice Mohammed Danjuma, unanimously held that the attraction by Ighodalo was unmeritorious and dismissed it.

The courtroom held that the appellants failed to point out that the election tribunal erred in its resolution and proceeded to affirm the judgment of the tribunal delivered.

Nonetheless, Ighodalo rejected the judgment and mentioned the decision of the appellate courtroom could be contested on the Supreme Court docket. (NAN)