The Governorship Candidate of Labour Party (LP), in the September 21, Edo state governorship election, Olumide Akpata, have disclosed why he is yet to officially challenge the outcome of the election.
The LP candidate, who came third in the election, maintained that the election was marred with a lot of irregularities.
It would be recalled that on Sunday, INEC declared Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the winner of the keenly contested poll.
The APC Candidate Okpebholo got 291,667 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes and Akpata, who came a distant third with 22,763 votes.
Speaking on the outcome of the polls during an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday, the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) expressed discontent with the final results and the process that produced Okpebholo.
On challenging the outcome of the polls in court, Akpata said his legal team are working on the next line of action, and his next move will be determined after consulting his team and the party.
“It is a decision that the Labour Party and I will have to take jointly whether or not we will challenge the outcome of the election.
“I am going to be meeting with my lawyers, the Labour Party will also be meeting with its lawyers and then we will come to a decision whether or not we will be challenging the outcome of the election.
“It is important for me to take a back seat and allow my lawyers based on the evidence that we have and the evidence that is still being collected to make the determination on my behalf,” he said.
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