{"id":169008,"date":"2025-07-10T22:19:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T21:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/edo-guber-tussle-pdps-ighodalo-reacts-to-judgment"},"modified":"2025-07-10T23:46:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-10T22:46:23","slug":"edo-guber-tussle-pdps-ighodalo-reacts-to-judgment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/edo-guber-tussle-pdps-ighodalo-reacts-to-judgment","title":{"rendered":"Edo Guber Tussle PDP’s Ighodalo Reacts to Judgment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Mr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo, says he feels a deep sense of betrayal in the Supreme Court judgment against his governorship bid.<\/p>\n

Ighodalo, in his reaction to the apex court verdict, on Thursday, said though he accepted the finality of the judgment, \u201cI do not and cannot pretend that what was delivered amounts to justice.\u201d<\/p>\n

He spoke in a statement he personally signed in Abuja shortly after the apex court ruled on the election dispute.<\/p>\n

According to the PDP candidate, the election was not a contest but a robbery, stressing that it was \u201ccoordinated, deliberate and now, tragically validated by the highest court in the land\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201dWhile I will not and cannot obstruct any judicial pronouncement, no matter how flawed, I must never fear to speak truth to power,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

According to him, like you, I feel a deep sense of betrayal.<\/p>\n

\u201dNot just by those who rigged the process, but by the very institutions we trusted to protect our democracy.<\/p>\n

\u201dYou came out in hope. You voted for competence, for progress, for prosperity and now, we are told that your voice does not matter.<\/p>\n

\u201dThat your freely given mandate can be trampled without consequence.<\/p>\n

\u201dI feel your pain. I share your anger. And I will never forget your courage\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Nigeria<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. Mr Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo, says he feels a deep sense of betrayal in the Supreme Court judgment against his governorship bid. 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