The Supreme Court is set to hear the appeal in the contentious Edo State governorship election dispute today, Wednesday, 2 July 2025.
The case pits the incumbent Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) against his main challenger, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Senator Okpebholo winner of the 21 September 2024 election, having polled 291,667 votes against Ighodalo’s 247,274.
Dissatisfied with the result, Ighodalo filed a petition at the Edo State Election Petition Tribunal, alleging widespread electoral malpractices, including overvoting, unlawful collation of results, tampering with election materials, and missing serial numbers on Form EC25B.
However, in January 2025, the tribunal dismissed the petition, citing lack of credible evidence and failure to tie allegations to specific polling units.
Unconvinced by the decisions of the lower courts, Ighodalo escalated the matter to the Supreme Court. A seven-member panel of justices will today determine whether the appeals hold merit.