The Peoples Democratic Party has publicly disputed the Edo State Governorship election results released by the Independent National Electoral Commission, Cyber Reporters reported.
At a news conference in Abuja on Monday, PDP interim National Chairman Umar Damagum urged concerned Nigerians to support the party’s rejection of the election results.
The Independent National Electoral Commission confirmed on Saturday that Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress had won the Edo State governorship election.
Okpebholo received 291,667 votes, defeating the PDP’s Asue Ighodalo (247,274) and the Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata (22,763).
The APC won ten of the state’s 18 local government areas, while the PDP captured eight.
Damagum claimed that the PDP candidate, Ighodalo, was the legitimate winner of the election and alleged that the election did not meet the necessary democratic standards.
He stated, “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
“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.”
Damagum announced that the PDP would challenge the results declared by INEC in court and urged the people of Edo to stay strong and steadfast.
