BREAKING: COURT AFFIRMS ASUE IGHODALO AS EDO PDP CANDIDATE
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By the Editor
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the duly nominated and authentic Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.
In a judgment delivered by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in the suit marked CS/469/24, the Court today held that Dr. Ighodalo was duly nominated at the February 22nd primaries of the PDP, which held in Benin City and consequently dismissed the case filed against his nomination by the plaintiff, Philip Shaibu
It may be recalled that Ighodalo emerged as the governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a primaries held on February 22, 2024, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo state.
He scored a total of 577 votes to beat his closest rival, Philip Shaibu and 10 other aspirants.
