Who Truly Won Edo? Supreme Court To Break The Silence With Final Judgment Date Set

The Supreme Court has scheduled Thursday, July 10, 2025, to deliver its long-awaited judgment on the 2024 Edo State governorship election.....KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶

The case involves Asue Ighodalo, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), who is contesting the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as governor.

The new judgment date was officially communicated to all parties involved in the case. This follows an earlier indefinite adjournment after the court heard arguments from both sides.

During the hearing, Ighodalo—represented by senior advocate Ken Mozia (SAN)—insisted that he had secured the majority of lawful votes and should have been declared the rightful winner by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

“We urge the court to nullify Okpebholo’s declaration and affirm our client, based on the actual lawful votes cast,” Mozia pleaded.

However, INEC, represented by Kanu Agabi (SAN), opposed the appeal, describing it as baseless and urged the Supreme Court to dismiss it. Agabi pointed out that the PDP had initially declared the entire election process “unlawful and invalid” in their petition.

“You cannot reject an election in total and still expect to benefit from its outcome,” Agabi argued. “Their position is contradictory. If the election is indeed unlawful, then no valid winner can emerge from it.”

INEC maintained that the PDP’s petition lacked merit and was riddled with inconsistencies, calling on the apex court to uphold Okpebholo’s election.

The five-member panel, led by Justice Garba Lawal, after listening to submissions, initially reserved its ruling without a fixed date. Justice Lawal then announced that a new judgment date would be communicated—which has now been set for July 10.