A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, affirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the duly nominated and authentic governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.
In a judgement delivered by Justice James Omotosho in the suit marked CS/469/24, the court held that Ighodalo was duly nominated at last 22 February primary of the PDP, which held in Benin City. It consequently dismissed the case filed against his nomination by former Edo State Deputy Governor, Comrade Philip Shaibu
The court held that the case of the plaintiff, on the balance of probabilities, lacked merit as it failed to prove that the defendant forged his voter’s card.
The court further held that the action was statute barred and consequently struck it out.
At the PDP governorship primary held at Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Ighodalo scored 577 votes to beat his closest rival, Shaibu and 10 other aspirants.
