Published September 24,2024
By Chinwendu Eugene
The Peoples Democratic Party on Monday officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission and demanded an immediate review of the poll results by the electoral body.
During a press conference in Abuja, acting National Chairman, PDP, Umar Damagum, called on Nigerians to support the party’s rejection of the election results.
The Independent National Electoral Commission announced on Sunday that Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress won the Edo governorship election with 291,667 votes, defeating PDP’s Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes, and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata, who came third with 22,763 votes.
Out of the 18 Local Government Areas in the state, APC won 10, while PDP secured eight.
Damagum claimed that PDP candidate, Ighodalo, was the legitimate winner of the election and alleged that the election did not meet the necessary democratic standards.
“The PDP, therefore, unequivocally rejects the final result of the Edo State governorship election as declared by INEC as it did not meet the minimum standard for democracy having not reflected the expressed will and aspiration of the people in line with provisions of the Electoral Act 2022 and INEC Guidelines for State Governorship election,” Damagum said.
“The PDP demands that INEC, within the time stipulated by Section 65 of the Electoral Act 2022, review the Edo State governorship election and announce results only as obtained from the genuine votes cast at the polling units.”
