{"id":114389,"date":"2024-09-24T04:35:05","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=114389"},"modified":"2024-09-24T04:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T03:35:05","slug":"pdp-rejects-edo-election-result-insists-ighodalo-won-heads-to-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/pdp-rejects-edo-election-result-insists-ighodalo-won-heads-to-court\/","title":{"rendered":"PDP rejects Edo election result, insists Ighodalo won, heads to court"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1811024092919360105\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the result of last Saturday\u2019s Edo State Governorship election as announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTheNiche had earlier reported that INEC, on Sunday, declared the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as winner of election.<\/p>\n<p>However, the acting National Chairman of the PDP, Ambassador Umar Damagum, announced at a media briefing in Abuja, on Monday, that the party will challenge the result in court.<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the people of Edo State voted for the PDP candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo, and expect nothing less than him being announced as governor-elect.<\/p>\n<p>Damagum charged the INEC to use the window left in the Electoral Act to do the right thing by retracing its steps.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the PDP had raised the alarm of plans by the All Progressives Congress, APC, working in cohorts with \u201cthe compromised INEC and the AIG of Police in charge of the zone,\u201d to manipulate the process long before they executed their plot\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Okpebholo, according to INEC, triumphed over his main challengers, Asue Ighodalo of the PDP and Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party.<\/p>\n<p>The Returning Officer, Prof. Faruk Kuta, announced Okpebholo as the winner at the collation centre in Benin City, the state capital, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The APC candidate secured 291,667 votes, defeating Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes. Akpata of the LP finished a distant third with 22,763 votes.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Kuta, Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, declared, \u201cThat Okpebholo, having satisfied the requirement of the law, is hereby declared the winner and returned elected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Edo State, comprising 18 Local Government Areas, is divided into Edo North, Edo South, and Edo Central. 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