Adibe Emenyonu in Benin
Anxiety has gripped some members and supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as well as those of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate, Ize Iyamu, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election as the Federal High Court in Abuja would today (Saturday) rule on an alleged forgery and perjury case brought against the governor by the APC and a member of the party, William Edobor.
After exchange of legal fireworks on the pre-election suits, the parties on Thursday adopted their written addresses and the presiding judge Justice Ahmed Muhammed fixed today for ruling.
By Ozioruva Aliu
THERE is anxiety among members and supporters of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) and its candidate in the September 19, 2020 governorship election as the Federal High Court in Abuja will today rule on an alleged forgery and perjury case brought against the governor by the APC and a member of the party, William Edobor.
After exchange of legal fireworks on the pre-election suits, the parties on Thursday adopted their written addresses and the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Muhammed fixed today for ruling.
A member of the PDP and associate of Obaseki told Saturday Vanguard yesterday that “everybody is waiting for the day, some of us are restless but we are confident because our legal team did a good job and from my view, they could not prove any case of forgery so we expect a favourable ruling” while a supporter of the candidate of the APC in the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu a
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By Gabriel Enogholease & Ozioruva Aliu BENIN
AN Edo State High Court presided over by Justice Courage Ogbebor, on Wednesday, held that the deputy governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the September 19, 2020 governorship election, Gani Audu, was not qualified to contest the election as a result of discrepancies in the names in his documents and what he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Form EC9.
The case was brought against Audu by the plaintiff, Sunday Kadiri, from Ogbona ward, in Etsako West Local Government Area of the state.
The judge also nullified the candidacy of the governorship candidate of the APC, Osagie Ize-Iyamu.