Edo State Election – Prime Pointers

Edo guber poll: Governor Ododo drums support for APC candidate, Monday Okpebholo

September 14, 2024September 14, 2024 admin

Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo, has described the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21 governorship election in Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, as a true representation of the aspirations of the people of the state. Governor Ododo, who made the declaration at the APC youth rally in Igarra, headquarters of Akoko-Edo Local Government Area on Friday, promised to use his contacts and cultural ties with the people of Edo State to ensure the victory of the party and its candidate. The Special Adviser…

Court to hear APC’s suit seeking Ighodalo’s disqualification Sept. 19

September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 admin

A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, fixed Sept. 19 to hear a suit filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) seeking the disqualification of Asue Ighodalo, the PDP candidate for the Sept. 21 governorship election in Edo.Justice Peter Lifu fixed the hearing of all pending applications after lawyers to the parties in the suit reached an agreement for the adjournment to allow PDP’s Counsel, Oyetola Atoyebi, SAN, respond to the plaintiff’s amended originating summons.The APC, in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/1001/2024, had sued INEC, Ighodalo and PDP as 1st…