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  Hendrix Oliomogbe  More congratulatory messages have continued to pour in following the landmark judgment of the Edo State Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja which awarded victory to Governor Monday Okpebholo on the September 21, 2024 election. The latest is from Chief Sunny Okomayin, a top member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo North. Chief Okomayin, a former Edo North Zonal vice-chairman of the ruling APC described the verdict as a victory for democracy and respect for the will of Edo people. He said: "Edo people spoke clearly and loudly on September 21 last year when they turned out en masse to vote for Senator Monday Okpebholo. The election was adjudged by impartial observers to be largely free and fair, devoid of violence. The tribunal merely affirmed the verdict of Edo people." The Igarra Akoko Edo Local Government Area born politician advised Mr. Asue Ighodalo, the candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) to congratulate Governor O...

  Hendrix Oliomogbe   Edo people should expect the best from Governor Monday Okpebholo following his victory Wednesday at the Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal, the Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paul Ohonbamu has declared. The Justice Wilfred Kpochi's led three-man Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja had on Wednesday dismissed the petition filed by the People's Democratic Party (PDP) challenging the victory of Senator Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the September 21, 2024 election. Ohonbamu said that the watershed judgment has upheld the supremacy of the law and given credence to the resilience of the nation's legal system in ensuring that only the right persons occupy elective positions. He said: "With this ruling which has definitely affirmed Senator Okpebholo as the elected governor of Edo State, it is now incumbent on Edo people, irrespective of political affiliations to  work w...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  The Edo State Governorship Election Petition Tribunal sitting in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to nullify the election of Governor Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC). In dismissing the petition by Asue Ighodalo of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), Justice declared: In view of the nature of the case the Petitioners have an onerous duty in strictly proving their cases. So pw23457 not being pooling units agents are not competent witness as they were nowhere near the pooling units to observe whether there were prior recordings or not Details later.

Ohonbamu                                 Hendrix Oliomogbe  Edo State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Paul Ohonbamu has flayed the People's  Democratic Party (PDP) for politicizing the unfortunate killing of some travelers at Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of the state recently. In a statement in Benin  City, Ohonbamu alleged that the PDP led administration of former Governor Godwin Obaseki could not avert any security crisis , because it was obvious that the security votes were not used judiciously for the purpose it was meant for.  He said: "The PDP should desist from exposing their failures because the insecurity and violence in Edo today is the residue of their  bad governance. They have no moral justification to call for any security summit to map out an effective security blueprint for the state,"  Ohonbamu recalled that Governor Mon...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  Almost four months after its inaugural sitting, the Edo State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal has at last scheduled Wednesday, April 2, 2025 to deliver its judgment on the September 21, 2024 election. The Independent Electoral Commission (INEC) had on September 22, 2024, declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the election with 291,667 votes to defeat his closest rival, Asue Ighodalo of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who polled 247,274 votes, and Labour Party’s Olumide Akpata, who scored 22,763 votes. The main opposition PDP challenged the victory of Governor Okpebholo in the election, at the three-member tribunal, headed by Justice Wilfred Kpochi. Citing over-voting, lack of ballot serialization, errors in collation, and miscalculations in results against INEC, the PDP and its candidate, filed a petition, seeking to overturn the result and declare Ighodalo winner. Other separate petitions listed in...

Hendrix Oliomogbe  A group, Esan Descendants Assembly (EDA) Worldwide has vehemently condemned last week mob lynching of 16 travellers from the at Uromi, Northern part of the country Esan West Local Government Area of Edo State. The travellers were reportedly found with guns, a discovery which infuriate the mob. A statement by the, chairman, Prof. G.R.A. Okogun said that all Esan people at home and in every corner of the earth, raise their voices not in pride but in sorrow, over the mass killing. Okogun said that EDA mourned the death of the travellers, who claimed to be hunters, and pray God for forgiveness and to appease the ever known peaceful and accommodating Esanland and of the blood of the innocent. The organization, he noted offered its deepest sorrow to the families of the slain, the communities from which they came, the states that raised them, and the nation whose conscience has been wounded.  Okogun lamented that the people of Uromi now live under siege with daily ...

A lenkhe.                              Hendrix Oliomogbe  On the occasion of the Muslim festival of Eid-el-Fitr, the Chairman of the Edo State Council, Nigeria Union of Jourmnalists (NUJ), Comrade Festus Alenkhe has prayed for Muslims to be rewarded and their prayers answered for all the sacrifices that went with the holy month of Ramadan. In a statement in Benin and made available to journalists, Alenkhe prayed that the festival brings peace, Joy and countless blessings to the people of Edo state.  The chairman specifically prayed to Allah to grant all Muslim journalists in Edo State the zeal and temerity to continue to carry out their job diligently devoid of any form of intimidation and harassment, but to align with the ethics of the journalism profession.  The statement also wished everyone in Edo state and their loved ones a beautiful Sallah filled with unity, gratitude and baraka. Against the...