Asue Ighodalo
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State, Asue Ighodalo, says his mandate was stolen and the will of the people subverted in Saturday’s election.
“That day will forever be etched in our history as one of our darkest moments, marked by the brazen theft of our mandate and the shameful subversion of the will of the people,” he said in a statement after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the keenly contested election.
Ighodalo came second with 247,274 votes behind the APC candidate who scored 291,667 votes. Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) came a distant third in the race with 22,763 votes.
Ighodalo, however, hailed his supporters, saying, “You are the true heroes of our democracy, and your sacrifices for a better Edo State will never be forgotten.”
He added that their “overwhelming support was evident in the ballots before our progress was unjustly halted on September 21st, 2024 by people who do not mean well for you or for our state.”
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