The Federal High Court in Abuja has fixed May 8, 2024, for hearing on the suit challenging the emergence of the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Monday Okpebholo.
The suit was filed by one of the aspirants who participated in the primary election, Anamero Dekeri.
Dekeri is urging the court to overturn the declaration of Okpebholo as the party’s governorship candidate.
Dekeri, a House of Representatives member representing Etsako Federal Constituency, was one of the aspirants earlier declared winner in the state governorship primary election.
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Ojo Babatunde, representing all the local government returning officers, stated that Dekeri polled 25,384 votes to beat Dennis Idahosa who polled 14,127 votes to second place.
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However, the Chairman of the primary election committee and governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodimma, declared Idahosa the winner of the exercise while the returning officer for the election, Stanley Ugboaja, declared Okpebholo as the APC candidate.
The National Working Committee of the party subsequently declared the election inconclusive and ordered a supplementary election.
On February 23, the chairman of the APC supplementary primary election and governor of Cross River, Bassey Otu, declared Okpebholo the winner of the election.
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