The supreme court has upheld the election of Monday Okpebholo as governor of Edo state in the 2024 governorship election.
A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Mohammed Garba Lawal held that the appellants could not establish their claims of election non-compliance, unlawful votes, and that Monday Okpebholo was not duly elected.
Delivering judgement, Garba said the appellants failed to prove that Oklebholo did not secure lawful votes in the election and did not properly demonstrate that the decision of the tribunal and the court of appeal was perverse.
Ighodalo, through his counsel, Ken Mosia, prayed the apex court to void Okpebholo’s election and declare him as the winner of the poll on the grounds that he scored the majority of lawful votes cast.
On the contrary, counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Kanu Agabi, asked the court to dismiss the appeal in its entirety.
The appeal was dismissed for lacking merit.
