The Edo State Governorship Election Petition case has been postponed indefinitely by the Supreme Court.
After hearing arguments for and against the election that resulted in Senator Monday Obekpolo being legitimately elected governor, the supreme court postponed the ruling indefinitely.
The date of the judgment’s delivery will be informed to the parties concerned, according to Justice Garba Lawal, who oversaw the hearing of the appeal brought by Mr. Asue Ighodalo and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Ighodalo asked the Supreme Court to dismiss Obekpolo and declare him the election’s victor, and Ken Mosia, SAN, argued his appeal.
He said that he received the majority of legitimate votes cast during the election.
On the other hand, Kanu Agabi, SAN, on behalf of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), requested that the supreme court reject the appeal in its entirety.
Agabi said that Ighodalo and the PDP had stigmatised the election as illegal and unconstitutional due to non-compliance with the Electoral Act 2022 in their appeal.
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Ighodalo and the PDP cannot turn around and ask the court to proclaim them the victors of an illegality after the election was deemed unlawful and illegal, according to the electoral board.
INEC accused Ighodalo and the PDP of being inconsistent in their grievances against the election and pleaded that their case be dismissed for want of merit.
