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Senator Otunba Gbenga Daniel Congratulates Governor-Elect Monday Okpebholo on Historic Edo State Victory

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Senator Otunba Gbenga Daniel has congratulated Senator Monday Okpebholo on his victory in the September 21, 2024, Edo State governorship election. Daniel praised Okpebholo’s exceptional leadership and strategic thinking, which endeared him to the people of Edo State ¹. He highlighted Okpebholo’s impressive campaign, marked by humility and respect for all electorates across party lines.

As the representative of the Ogun East Senatorial District, Daniel commended Okpebholo’s outstanding performance as the immediate past Chairman of the Senate Committee on Public Procurement. Okpebholo demonstrated remarkable leadership, fostering cordial relationships with committee members and leaving a lasting impact.

This sentiment is shared by other notable figures, including Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who encouraged Okpebholo to unite the people of Edo State .

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JUST IN: PDP rejects Edo election result

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The Peoples Democratic Party has officially rejected the Edo State Governorship election results announced by the Independent National Electoral Commission.

During a press conference in Abuja, PDP acting National Chairman Umar Damagum called on concerned Nigerians to support the party’s rejection of the election results.

He asserted that the PDP candidate, Asue Ighodalo, was the rightful winner of the election, emphasising that “the PDP unequivocally rejects the result as announced by INEC.”

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Court dismisses suit seeking Ganduje’s sack as APC chairman

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A federal high court in Abuja has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Abdullahi Ganduje as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

In the judgment delivered on Monday, Inyang Ekwo, presiding judge, held that the suit was premature and the issues raised were within the purview of the internal affairs of the political party.

Ekwo held that the group failed to show credible evidence that it was registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) and therefore lacked the locus to have instituted the suit.

In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/599/2024, the North Central APC Forum, led by Saleh Zazzaga, queried the propriety of Ganduje’s appointment as the chair of the party since he is not from any state in the north-central geopolitical zone.

They argued that the national executive committee (NEC) of the APC breached the party’s constitution when it appointed Ganduje, from Kano state in the north-west geopolitical zone, to replace Abdullahi Adamu from Nasarawa state in the north-central geopolitical zone.

It also argued that Ganduje’s appointment to replace Abdullahi was contrary to Article 31.5(1F) of the APC constitution and ultra vires the powers of the NEC of the party, among other reliefs.

The plaintiff prayed the court to, among others, restrain Ganduje from further parading himself as chair of the APC.

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‘I won mine’ — Shaibu taunts Obaseki for losing LGA to APC in Edo guber poll

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Philip Shaibu, deputy governor of Edo, says he has been over the moon since the electoral umpire declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the gubernatorial poll.

On Sunday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo of the APC winner of the governorship election conducted on September 21.

Okpebholo, a serving senator, won the election with 291,667 votes to defeat his closest challenger, Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who got 247,274 votes.

Shaibu taunted Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo, for losing his LGA to the APC.

Shaibu was impeached as deputy governor of Edo in April 2024 after falling out with Obaseki.

In July, a federal high court in Abuja nullified the impeachment. James Omotosho, the presiding judge, held that Shaibu’s ouster violated the provisions of the law.

Shaibu defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) afterwards.

‘I HAVE BEEN VINDICATED’

Shaibu is from Etsako west LGA. The APC scored 32,107 in the LGA while the PDP secured 17,483 votes. Adams Oshiomhole, senator representing Edo north, is also from Etsako west.

Okpebholo won Oredo LGA with 30,780 votes. Obaseki hails from Oredo LGA.

Asue Ighodalo, PDP governorship candidate, secured 24,938 votes, while Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party got 5,389 votes in Oredo.

“I really feel vindicated and I thank God for it. I am so excited and I am happy that I am counted among the numbers of persons that helped APC to regain government house in Edo state. I am so excited,” he said.

“Not only that I am excited, I have also cancelled that negative impression and blackmail that have been flying that Philip Shaibu does not win his ward. It’s a lie.

“I have never lost my ward. I have never lost my unit. I have always won it. And in the local government, you can see. So, those that have been blackmailing, they can see.

“Even the governor could not win his local government. I won my unit which is number one now in the state. I won my ward and local government. I took first from my unit to ward and to the local government.”

OBASEKI REMOVED THE LADDER THAT HELPED HIM’

Shaibu claimed that the PDP lost the election because Obaseki sidelined key members of the party ahead of the governorship election.

“Where is the governor’s result? He has never won. We have always assisted him. But unfortunately, he got the power and he started kicking us and removing the ladder,” Shaibu said.

“It is very unfortunate. I hope he learns his lessons. And what is left for him now is to go back and start begging and apologising to people of Edo state. He has a lot of them that he needs to apologise to.

“We were 10 (persons) that contested the primary, and out of the 10, he told us to go to hell. The last time I counted, it was 618 key leaders that left PDP for APC.”

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