The 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has adjourned until Jan. 13, hearing of a petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) against the victory of Gov. Monday Okpebholo. The petitioners, Dr Asue Ighodalo and the PDP, are challenging the declaration of Okpebholo as the winner of the Sept. 21 poll by the Independent … Read more
There was a mild drama on Wednesday in Benin as members of the state government Assets Recovery Committee stormed the 2024 Edo Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal to recover a bus owned by the state government. The vehicle, which was a 32-seater-coaster bus, conveyed the counsels to the People’s Democratic Party, to the tribunal sitting in … Read more
Mr Danladi Umar has continued to act as chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) despite a subsisting order from the Nigerian Senate ordering his removal. Recall in November, the Senate removed Danladi Umar, over alleged gross misconduct. This decision was made under Section 157(1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria … Read more
The days, weeks and months ahead may witness further clashes, and severer bloodletting between alleged political thugs of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State, over petitions filed by dissatisfied seven parties to overturn the victory of the APC in the September 21, … Read more
The Ondo State 2024 Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has received five petitions challenging the declaration of Gov. Lucky Aiyedatiwa of All Progressives Congress (APC) as winner of the Nov. 16 election. INEC had, on Nov. 17, declared Aiyedatiwa winner of the election, having polled a total of 366,781 to defeat his closest rival, … Read more