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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the just concluded Edo State governorship election, Asue Ighodalo, has registered his dissatisfaction with the election results, stressing that he intends to seek redress in court.<\/p>\n

Speaking during an interview on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today, Ighodalo claimed his mandate was stolen by the All Progressives Congress, APC, with the help of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.<\/p>\n

Ighodalo finished second in the election with 247,274 votes, while the APC\u2019s Monday Okpebholo was declared the winner with 291,667 votes. Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata, secured 22,763 votes.<\/p>\n

Ighodalo cited several issues, including the failure to use the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS, in over 160 polling units, the skipping of proper collation procedures from ward to state level, and alleged collusion between INEC, the police, and the APC to suppress the will of Edo voters.<\/p>\n

He stated that his party refrained from engaging in vote-buying, unlike the APC, which he accused of offering cash incentives to voters ranging from N25,000 to N50,000.<\/p>\n

Speaking on his next steps, Ighodalo declared his intention to take the matter to the tribunal, where he believes the evidence will prove that the PDP was the rightful winner of the election.<\/p>\n

He dismissed Okpebholo\u2019s offer of friendship, stating that accepting such overtures would be impossible while the mandate remains contested.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause the mandate is stolen, there is no way you can accept these hands of fellowship or friendship.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will stay with the people of Edo State who fully gave me the mandate of their free will, and I will go into the courts and the tribunal to reclaim our mandate and then form the government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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