Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu has prayed an election tribunal on the Edo State gubernatorial election to overturn the result in his favour. The People’s Democratic Party and its governorship candidate in the September 28 governorship polls in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has filed a petition against the outcome of the election.
In the petition, Pastor Ize-Iyamu is asking the tribunal to declare him winner of the election according to Today News.
Candidate of the All Progressive Congress, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, was declared winner of the election after polling 319,483 votes against 253,173 votes garnered by Pastor Ize-Iyamu.
Pastor Ize-Iyamu beat the deadline by filing the petition at about 4:45pm even though party supporters and reporters had waited at the tribunal since...Click here to read full story