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EDO: Ize-Iyamu, PDP reject Tribunal ruling, move to appeal

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Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, candidate of the PDP in the September 28 governorship election in Edo State has rejected the ruling of the Tribunal, describing it as porous and one that cannot stand at the higher courts.

The Tribunal had earlier in the day declared Governor Godwin Obaseki as the duly elected governor of the state, and that Ize-Iyamu and the PDP had failed to prove their case.

The PDP however, candidate told PDP leaders and supporters at his campaign office, that the judgment as unacceptable, even as he hinted of plans to appeal the judgement.

He said, “From the snippets I heard of the tribunal judgement it cannot stand in the higher courts. This case must be pursued up to the Supreme Court.

“I want to thank God that we have all been able to reach this part of the journey. What gladdens my heart is that God will vindicate us in the long run.

“Don’t be dismayed. We are still hoping for your support. I urge you all to be calm and refrain from being provoked into violence. Even if they push you laugh,” Iyamu said.

Read also: Analysis… EDO: Is Ize-Iyamu fighting a lost battle?

State chairman of the party, Chief Dan Orbih, on his part, was more emphatic, when he said “we have just started the journey as a party. I have no doubt that we are fighting a just cause”.
According to him, “the mandate that was freely given to us by Edo people we have a duty to retrieve it. The party will go on appeal.

“Definitely we are going to appeal against the judgement. We reject the judgement of the tribunal; it is not acceptable to us.

“We have told our lawyers to appeal the judgement. The issues we raised in the petition were not addressed by the tribunal”, he stated.

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