Tag: Ize-Iyamu
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BREAKING: S’Court affirms Obaseki’s victory as Edo Governor, dismisses Ize-Iyamu’s petition
The Supreme Court on Monday affirmed Godwin Obaseki’s victory as the duly elected governor of Edo State. TheNewsGuru.com reports that Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP had launched a suit against Obaseki’s victory in last year’s gubernatorial election. Dismissing the appeal as lacking merit, the Supreme Court promised to release…
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Accept tribunal’s verdict in the spirit of sportsmanship, Oba Ewuare tells Ize-Iyamu
The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, on Saturday advised Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate to accept the verdict of the state Election Petitions Tribunal. The Oba declared ‘no victor no vanquished’ in the election, said the monarch’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Desmond Agbama . A three-man Election Petition tribunal…
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JUST IN: Ize-Iyamu, PDP reject election tribunal ruling
The governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the September 28 election in Edo State, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has rejected the ruling of the state governorship election petitions tribunal, which dismissed his petition challenging the declaration of Godwin Obaseki of the All Progressives Congress as winner of the poll. Ize-Iyamu also vowed to not…
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BREAKING: Obaseki floors Ize-Iyamu, PDP at election petitions tribunal
The election petitions tribunal sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Friday affirmed the victory of Godwin Obaseki as the winner of the gubernatorial elections held on September 28, 2016. TheNewsGuru.com reports that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate in the election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, had challenged Obaseki’s election, alleging widespread irregularities. Obaseki, who…
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Edo Poll: Appeal Court strikes out Ize-Iyamu’s appeal
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin, Edo State, on Friday dismissed an appeal filed by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP and its candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, challenging the discontinuation of the recounting of ballot papers used during the September 28 governorship election in four local government areas of the state. The PDP and Ize-Iyamu…