Edo guber election petition: Tribunal set to hold inaugural sitting, pre-hearing session

The 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal is set to begin its inaugural and pre-hearing session over petitions challenging the declaration of the APC governorship candidate, Monday Okpebholo, by the Independent National Electoral Commission as winner of the September 21 governorship election.

As of Monday morning, it was gathered that there are seven petitions before the tribunal, one from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, and its governorship candidate, Asue Ighodalo.

Newspot reports that the PDP candidate had emerged second while the candidate of the Labour Party, Olumide Akpata, came third in the results of the September 21, 2024 governorship election declared by INEC on Sunday, September 22.