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Edo guber: Tribunal affirms election of Okpebholo
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Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal has affirmed Monday Okpebholo as the duly elected governor of the State.
The tribunal in three different judgments dismissed the petition filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, Action Alliance and Accord party.
According to the tribunal, the People’s Democratic Party failed to call witnesses to prove its allegation of over voting .
Also cited as PDP’s failure was the inability to call polling unit agents from all the polling units where they had alleged electoral irregularities.
The tribunal held that 14 out of the 19 witnesses called by the petitioners were ward and local government agents, adding that their star witness who claimed to be a director of strategy for the PDP did not play any role in the conduct of the election.