The Supreme Court has scheduled its ruling on the Edo gubernatorial election of 2024 for Thursday, July 10, 2025.
According to reports, Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is running against Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Edo State governor.
The parties to the matter were informed of the ruling date.
Following the parties’ arguments, the court postponed indefinitely last week.
After hearing arguments, the supreme court said that a new judgment date would be announced in due course and reserved its decision sine die, or without a set date.
Ighodalo, who was represented by Ken Mozia (SAN), said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ought to have declared him the winner as he received the majority of legitimate votes.
“Based on the legitimate votes cast, we implore the court to declare our client the duly elected governor and to invalidate Obekpolo’s return,” Mozia said to the court.
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However, INEC argued against the appeal and asked the Supreme Court to reject it completely for lack of merit through its attorney, Kanu Agabi (SAN).
In their suit, Agabi claimed that Ighodalo and the PDP had first declared the entire election to be “illegal and invalid” because it had allegedly violated the Electoral Act 2022.
“You cannot try to profit from an election while simultaneously discrediting it,” Agabi told the court.
They’re acting erratically. No one may be proclaimed the victor of the election if it is illegal as asserted.
INEC petitioned the Supreme Court to uphold Obekpolo’s election, arguing that the PDP’s appeal was full of inconsistencies.
According to reports, Justice Garba Lawal presided over the five-member panel and declared that a judgment had been reserved after hearing from the parties.
“This issue has been postponed indefinitely. All parties will be informed of the decision date,” said Justice Lawal.
