Breaking: Court Affirms Asue Ighodalo as Edo PDP Candidate

The intra party legal battle with Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has taken a new dimension as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja affirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the duly nominated and authentic Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.

According to 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, the former deputy governor, Philip Shaibu.

It may be recalled that Ighodalo emerged Governorship candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in a Primaries which was held on February 22nd, 2024, at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo state, where he scored a total of 577 votes to beat his closest rival, Philip Shaibu and 10 other aspirants.