The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has upheld Senator Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected Governor of Edo State, ruling that the election conducted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was valid, News360 Nigeria reports.
In a judgment delivered on Thursday, the appellate court affirmed that Okpebholo was lawfully declared winner of the governorship election held on September 24, 2024.
Justice Mohammed Danjuma, who read the judgment, dismissed the appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, describing it as lacking in merit. The court threw out the case completely.
Justice Danjuma said that both PDP and Ighodalo failed to establish miscarriage of justice in the judgment of the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal which had earlier dismissed the petition of the two appellants.
The court of appeal judgment is a unanimous decision of the 3-man panel of Justices of the court.
