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Court affirms Asue Ighodalo as Edo PDP candidate
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Dr. Asue Ighodalo as the duly nominated and authentic Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Edo State.
In a Judgement 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 Philip Shaibu
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It may be recalled that Ighodalo emerged Governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in a Primaries which held on February 22nd 2024 at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo state.
He scored a total of 577 votes to beat his closest rival, Philip Shaibu and 10 other aspirants.
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