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SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS MONDAY OKPEBHOLO (APC) AS EDO GOVERNOR: I FEEL BETRAYED – PDP CANDIDATE
The Supreme Court panel upheld the concurrent decisions of the tribunal and Appeal Court
The supreme court has affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress, APC, as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decisions of the court of appeal in Abuja.
The Five man panel led by Justice 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.
The appeal was dismissed for lacking in merit.
Reacting, Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, said he felt a deep sense of betrayal in the Supreme Court judgment against his governorship bid.
He said though he accepted the finality of the judgment, “I do not and cannot pretend that what was delivered amounts to justice.”
According to the PDP candidate, the election was not a contest but a robbery, stressing that it was “coordinated, deliberate and now, tragically validated by the highest court in the land”.
”While I will not and cannot obstruct any judicial pronouncement, no matter how flawed, I must never fear to speak truth to power,” he said.
According to him, like you, I feel a deep sense of betrayal.
”Not just by those who rigged the process, but by the very institutions we trusted to protect our democracy.
”You came out in hope. You voted for competence, for progress, for prosperity and now, we are told that your voice does not matter.
”That your freely given mandate can be trampled without consequence.
”I feel your pain. I share your anger. And I will never forget your courage”, he said.
