Monday, October 14, 2024 - The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party announced on Monday that it has filed a petition to challenge the outcome of the September 21 governorship election.
Speaking at a press conference in Benin, the
party’s state chairman, Tony Aziegbemi, confirmed that the PDP successfully
filed the petition on Saturday, narrowly beating the deadline, despite facing
obstacles.
Aziegbemi accused the Independent National
Electoral Commission of attempting to frustrate the PDP’s right to contest the
election results at the tribunal but reassured members that the party would
reclaim its “stolen mandate.” He urged the people of Edo to remain hopeful,
insisting that no hindrance would prevent the PDP from winning the case.
“We have filed our petition before the
election tribunal on your behalf. I assure you that the journey to reclaim our
mandate has begun, and by God’s grace, it will be retrieved,” Aziegbemi said.
He also criticised INEC for allegedly
delaying the release of the Certified True Copies of electoral materials,
saying, “Despite INEC acting as the political wing of the APC, we were still
able to do the needful.”
Aziegbemi denied claims that the PDP
disrupted the inspection of electoral materials at the INEC office,
questioning, “In whose interest would it be to disrupt a process we applied for
and were granted permission by the court to carry out?”
He further revealed that more PDP members
have been arrested post-election and alleged that those accused in connection
with the killing of Inspector Akor Onuh were released after paying about N64
million in bail.
“More of our members have been arrested on false allegations
of killing SP Akor. How low can the police go under this biased IGP, who seems
to be leading the APC’s armed wing?” he added.
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