The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi, has condemned the conduct of the September 21, 2024 governorship election in Edo State.
“What happened over the weekend in the name of election in Edo State does not in any way represent the democratic process we chose as a method of electing our political leadership.
“Instead, it was a blatant example of ‘state capture’ and continued gross undermining of our democratic process and values,” Obi said in a Monday post on X.
On Sunday night, a day after the election, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the keenly contested election.
INEC said the APC candidate secured 291,667 votes, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) with 247,274 votes while Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata scored 22,763 votes.
