The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo, have vowed to challenge the outcome of the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday.
THE POINT had reported that the tribunal upheld the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress.
The tribunal, in a unanimous decision by a three-member panel, said it found no reason to nullify the outcome of the governorship contest that held in the state on September 21, 2024.
Chairman of the tribunal, Justice Wilfred Kpochi, who delivered the lead judgement, dismissed as lacking in merit, a petition the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and its candidate, Asuerinme Ighodalo, filed to challenge the declaration of governor Okpebholo as the valid winner of the gubernatorial poll.
Reacting through their team of lawyers on Wednesday, the PDP and Ighodalo vowed to approach the appellate court, insisting that the election was not conducted in substantial compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act, 2022.