The Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal says it will deliver judgement in the suit challenging the outcome of the 2024 governorship election won by Governor Monday Okpebholo on Wednesday.
The tribunal will deliver her judgement in Abuja, where the panel had been sitting since the case was transferred over security threat.
The Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, against the September 21, 2024 governorship election won by APC.
The tribunal’s decision comes after Ighodalo and the PDP challenged the declaration of Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
According to the results announced by INEC, Okpebholo of APC polled 291,667 votes to defeat Ighodalo, who got 247,274 votes.
The petitioners alleged that the election was marred by irregularities and that the governorship election was invalid due to non-compliance with provisions of the Electoral Act 2022.
They prayed the court to nullify the declaration of Okpebholo as winner.
However, Okpebholo and the APC asked the court to dismiss the petition, arguing that the petitioners failed to substantiate their allegations.
The three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Wilfred Kpochi, had reserved judgment in the petition after parties adopted their final written addresses on March 3.
On April 2, (Wednesday), the tribunal will deliver its judgment on the three petitions marked: EPT/ED/GOV/01/2024, EPT/ED/GOV/02/2024 and EPT/ED/GOV/03/2024.
