Governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress APC in the September 21 election in Edo State, Senator Monday “Akpakomiza” Okpebholo has hailed Thursday’s judgment of a Federal High Court in Abuja which nullified the primary election that produced the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, Mr. Asue Ighodalo, advising him to now withdraw from the race.
Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo invalidated the primary election while delivering judgment in a suit instituted by the aggrieved delegates. In a statement made available Vanguard in Abuja by Senator Okpebholo’s office, the APC candidate said the PDP is a lawless political party, incapable of conducting its own internal affairs.
The APC candidate said the bad policies of the PDP in Edo State, the level of insecurity, unemployment, cultism, perennial floods, bad roads and disregard for traditional institutions, are clear pointers to the disastrous end that awaits the party in the upcoming polls.“I welcome the Court judgment given on Thursday by a Federal High Court in Abuja. The Court has saved Edo people of another four years of pains and agonies. The PDP is not a democratic party. It operates like a Mafia Organization.