Breaking: PDP rejects Edo governorship election results, reveals next move

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has rejected the outcome of the Edo governorship election, which was held on Saturday, September 21, 2024.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressive Congress (APC) the winner of the election.

In a broadcast in a Abuja, the acting national chairman of the PDP, Ambassador Umar Damagum, said the results declared by INEC did not reflect the true picture of the election, alleging that Edo people voted for Ighodalo.

Damagum said the election did not meet the 2022 Electoral Act and INEC guidelines in accordance with the state election.

He described the election as an assault on the democratic rights of Edo people, adding that the party will embrace legal means to retrieve its ‘stolen’ mandate.

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