The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Edo State, has
commenced the inspection of electoral materials used
by the Independent Electoral Commission, INEC, in the
September 28 governorship election in the state.
This is against the backdrop of an ex-parte motion the
Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin, led by Justice A. T.
Badamasi, granted the PDP and its candidate, Pastor
Osagie Ize-Iyamu in the recent election.
Following the emergence of the All Progressives
Congress, APC, candidate, Godwin Obaseki as the
winner of the governorship election in the state, the
PDP had filed an ex-parte motion seeking the
inspection of ballot papers used in the election.
In line with the court ruling, the inspection of the ballot
papers commenced at the INEC state headquarters in
Benin.
However, representatives of the APC were said to be
absent as the ruling party has filed a petition before
the tribunal to challenge the commencement of the
exercise.
Reacting to the absence of APC’s representatives,
PDP’s lawyer, Prof. Edoba Omoregie, in a chat with
reporters said it opted to go ahead with the earlier
court directive because APC’s suit had not been heard
by the court.
