By Suleiman Anyalewechi
The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Thursday, July 10, 2025, deliver its judgment on the legal battle between the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and the All Progressive Congress, APC, over the rightful winner of the Edo State Governorship polls.
Chief Asue Ighodalo and his Party, the PDP have been challenging the declaration of Governor Monday Okpebholo’ as winner of the September 21, 2024, Governorship contest in the State.
His disagreement centres on his argument that the results of the polls were heavily manipulated in favour of his rival, the APC candidate.
Chief Ighodalo had particularly contended that the election was generally marred by over-voting in favour of Okpebholo.
His claims were, however, disputed by the APC and INEC camps as lacking in merit ,and as such separately and collectively urged the Court to dismiss them.
Ighodalo’s earlier attempts to reverse the election’s outcome both at the Tribunal and Court of Appeal levels were unsuccessful. It was dismissed by both as without merit.
Not satisfied, the PDP candidate approached the apex court of the land about to seek same reliefs as earlier canvassed at the Tribunal and Appeal Court levels.
The five-member Supreme Court panel headed by Justice Mohammed Garba Lawal had last week reserved ruling on a date to be communicated to the parties after they had adopted their written addresses.
Sources at the Nation’s highest Court informed on Wednesday July 9, that the panel is set to deliver its final verdict on Thursday at about 10 am.
The pronouncement of the Supreme Court on the protracted judicial battle will mark the end of all disputations,
Both parties will be condemned to accept the verdict regardless of whether it is favourable or not.
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