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.        Ogbankwa Hendrix Oliomogbe  The accused, former secretary of the Benin City, Edo State branch of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA), Mr. Douglas Ogbankwa, had promptly jumped on his feet immediately after the registrar mentioned the case last Wednesday for hearing, angrily protesting the fresh charge on the ground that he had just been served the amended charge and so could not take his plea.  Determined to call his bluff, the stage was, therefore set for a melodramatic war of words between the trio of Justice Williams Aziegbemhin of Benin High Court, Criminal Division two, Ogbankwa, who stood for himself and the state counsel, Mr. Orobosa. Ogbankwa was docked over alleged conspiracy to commit a felony, forcible entry; wilful damage; theft of a stabiliser; aiding and abetting; and forceful ejection of the nominal complainant, Sandra Palmer-Kelvin from her matrimonial home in uptown Benin City, Edo State. During the last hearing on March 4, 2025, the...

        His Royal Majesty, Dr. Gregory Nnamdi Oputa        111, Obi of Aboh (left) with Deputy Chief of Staff,      Office of the Deputy Governor, Asaba, Chief.         Ifeanyi Osakwe                                                                                                                      Hendrix Oliomogbe                                                         The Delta State  Government has reiterated its total commitment and support for the full impleme...

  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...