PDP candidate Ighodalo speaks on losing Edo governorship election

Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate in the just-concluded Edo governorship election, has insisted, without proof, that he was robbed of victory.

“That day (the election 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,” Mr Ighodalo said in a statement personally issued by him on Monday, two days after the election.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), winner of Saturday’s election.

Mr Okpebholo scored 291,667 votes against Mr Ighodalo’s 247,274. The candidate of the Labour Party, Olumude Akpata, came third with 22,763 votes.

“From our perspective, the way these elections are going, they’re probably going to be the worst elections in the history of this country.

“We have information, for instance, where we have over…

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