Three weeks after the Independent National Electoral Commission declared Senator Monday Okpebholo as the Governor-Elect in Edo State, a pro-democracy group has urged the Peoples Democratic Party and its candidate, Asue Ighodalo, to accept the outcome of the governorship poll.
The Executive Director of the Initiative for Democratic Advancement and Free Speech, Patrick Osaigbovo, appealed in a statement issued in Abuja on Monday.
The development comes one week after Ighodalo’s supporters stormed the INEC office in Benin City demanding what they claim was the PDP candidate’s rightful mandate.
The protesters, carrying placards that read ‘Dr Asue Ighodalo, Governor-Elect we know’ and ‘Edo PDP won the election but INEC and police colluded to change it’ among others expressed dissatisfaction over the outcome of the September 21 elections.
Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to…