EDO DECIDES 2024: PDP’s Ighodalo says it may become worst election in Nigeria’s history

Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has condemned the conduct of the election in some parts of the state.

He also lamented that the election could be remembered as the worst election in Nigeria’s history alleging there were numerous irregularities.

Ighodalo spoke during a press conference on Sunday, held by the Edo PDP National Campaign Council, was led by its chairman, Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Fintiri.

The event also had in attendance the outgoing governor of the state, Godwin Obaseki.

Ighodalo detailed several alleged instances of electoral infractions across multiple polling units, questioning the credibility of the results being announced.

One of the major infractions he cited involved polling units in Ikpoba/Okha Ologbo, where accredited voters were recorded as zero, yet results were announced.

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“The way this election is going, it is set to be the worst election in the history of this country.

“In Ikpoba/Okha Ologbo, the figure for accredited voters was NIL, but the results claimed the APC had 227 votes, while the PDP had 103. How is that even possible?

“In another unit in Ikpoba/Okha Ologbo, the number of accredited voters was recorded as 156, but the APC was declared to have won 2,110 votes, while the PDP received just 57 votes, and no votes were recorded for the Labour Party,” Ighodalo stated.

In the released results, the APC is comfortably leading in 10 of the LGAs while the PDP won in six which could easily translate to a landslide victory for the APC and its candidate, Monday Okpebholo.

According to the confirmed results, the APC currently has a total of 244,549 votes while the PDP has polled 195,954 with the Labour Party having 13,348

The results for the remaining two LGAs will be announced when INEC resumes the collation process at 5pm.

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