In the closely contested election held on September 21, Ighodalo was defeated by Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by a margin of 44,393 votes.
According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Ighodalo garnered 247,274 votes, while Okpebholo received 291,667 votes. Olumide Akpata of the Labour Party (LP) finished in third place with 22,763 votes.
In an appearance on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Ighodalo asserted that the election that led to Okpebholo’s victory was neither free nor fair. He stressed that his legal team has identified over 150 polling units where the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) was not utilized.
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“We have a wealth of data, information, and evidence, and we are fully confident that we will win our case in the tribunal,” Ighodalo declared. “We will reclaim our mandate and are certain that we were the true winners of last Saturday’s election.”
During the broadcast, Ighodalo criticized the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and law enforcement officials for undermining the will of the Edo people. He emphasized that the citizens of Edo had decisively voted for him and his party in the election.
He alleged, without presenting evidence, that the APC colluded with electoral authorities to manipulate the election. “We didn’t rig the election. When the APC and INEC realized that the APC was losing significantly, they subverted the electoral laws and guidelines,” he claimed.
“Collations should occur at the polling units, then move to the ward and local government collation centers, and finally to the state. However, there was a jump directly from the ward to the state,” Ighodalo maintained.
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