The Edo Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has dismissed the Petition of Accord Party, alleging non-compliance and declaration of Governor Okpebholo, as Governor of Edo State.
This follows the dismissal of the petition instituted by the Action Alliance (AA) and one Adekunle Omoaje, against Governor Monday Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress (APC), for lacking in merit and being frivolous.
In the Accord Party’s petition, the tribunal delivered four rulings.
In the first ruling, the Tribunal, led by Justice Wilfred Kpichi, stated that Accord Party failed to provide sufficient evidence to support their claims of non-compliance and resolved the motion against the petitioners.
The second ruling addressed the Accord Party’s allegation that Okpebholo did not receive the required number of lawful votes, resolving the motion in favor of Okpebholo.
In the third and fourth rulings, the Tribunal dismissed the Accord Party’s request to declare their candidate the winner of the election.
The three- member panel cited past Court of Appeal and Supreme Court judgments, emphasizing that relevant facts must be pleaded for such a request to be granted.
The Tribunal also criticized the Accord Party’s petition for lacking clarity and failing to state the facts of the petition.
The motions were subsequently struck out for being vague.
