The Edo State governorship election petition tribunal is expected to return what the PDP called its “stolen mandate,” according to the party.
Tony Azeigbemi, the interim chairman of the PDP, made the claim Wednesday in Benin City while giving reporters an update on the situation in Edo.
He claimed that while the three months that the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Governor Monday Okpebholo have controlled Edo, people have been suffering and feeling insecure.
According to him, the PDP presented the tribunal with unquestionable documented proof “that we believe has outright exposed the electoral heist of September 21, 2024.”
“So, having adopted our final written addresses and watertight evidence, we are confident that the tribunal will right the wrong and return the mandate which Edo people duly gave to our party and its candidate, Dr. Asue Ighodalo,” he said.
According to him, the APC acting chairman Jarret Tenabe and senator Adams Oshiomole had claimed in separate separate TV interviews said the PDP dumped documents on the tribunal, without presenting enough witnesses, adding “the APC leadership lacks the acumen to read and understand our petition”.
“It is the members of the tribunal who possess the expertise and acumen to thoroughly examine and understand our petition, not the APC leadership” he said.
