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Edo poll: Ighodalo urged to accept outcome, PDP kicks

The development comes one week after Ighodalo’s supporters stormed the INEC office in Benin City demanding what they claim was the PDP candidate’s rightful mandate.

The protesters, carrying placards that read ‘Dr Asue Ighodalo, Governor-Elect we know’ and ‘Edo PDP won the election but INEC and police colluded to change it’ among others expressed dissatisfaction over the outcome of the September 21 elections.

Okpebholo polled 291,667 votes to defeat Ighodalo who garnered 247,274 votes to place second.

But Osaigbovo lamented that in the wake of its loss, the PDP has increased its onslaught on institutions of the Nigerian state, from INEC to security agencies.

He said, “Such onslaughts are a carryover of its pre-election strategy of using crass propaganda to attempt to intimidate state institutions and pull a wool over the faces of the electorate.