The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, candidate in the September 2024 governorship election in Edo, Mr Asue Ighodalo, has described the Supreme Court judgement as sad.
It could be recalled that the apex court on Thursday stamped the election that brought Edo governor, Monday Okpebholo, to power.
In a statement he personally signed, Ighodala said he feels a deep sense of betrayal in the Supreme Court judgment.
He expressed that sadness that the institutions meant to project democracy were betraying such confidence.
“I do not and cannot pretend that what was delivered amounts to justice,” he said.
According to the PDP candidate, the election was not a contest but a robbery, stressing that it was "coordinated, deliberate and now, tragically validated by the highest court in the land".
”While I will not and can not obstruct any judicial pronouncement, no matter how flawed, I must never fear to speak truth to power.
“Like you, I feel a deep sense of betrayal.
”Not just by those who rigged the process, but by the very institutions we trusted to protect our democracy.
”You came out in hope. You voted for competence, for progress, for prosperity and now, we are told that your voice does not matter.
”That your freely given mandate can be trampled without consequence.
”I feel your pain. I share your anger. And I will never forget your courage", he said.