The Supreme Court of Nigeria is set to hand down its final ruling on the contested Edo State gubernatorial election of 21 September 2024, today at 9 am.
The appeal, brought before the apex court by PDP flagbearer Asue Ighodalo, challenges the election victory of Governor Monday Okpebholo, candidate of the APC.
Governor Okpebholo and the All Progressives Congress, APC, were declared winners of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, last year.
Not satisfied with the declaration, Ighodalo and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, challenged the decision both at the Election Petition Tribunal and the Court of Appeal and lost, prompting them to move to the Supreme Court.
A five-member panel of the apex court, led by Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal, which adjudicated over the matter, had at the hearing announced that their judgment delivery date would be communicated to counsel representing parties in the appeal seeking to remove Okpebholo as Governor of Edo State.
The Supreme Court is the final point on any legal matters arising from any dispute in the country.
