Akpata stated this on Wednesday during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, saying his legal team is compiling evidence and will determine whether or not to challenge the election result in court.
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“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.”
EKO HOT BLOG reports that, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)on Sunday, declared Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) the winner of the keenly contested poll.
Okpebholo raked in 291,667 votes to defeat the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Asue Ighodalo, who garnered 247,274 votes. Akpata came a distant third with 22,763 votes.
But the former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) faulted the process that produced Okpebholo as the governor-elect.
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