One of the governorship aspirants in the Edo 2024 race under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress has called for the cancelation of the party primary election.
Idahosa scored over 40,000 votes to win the canceled APC primary.
He was initially declared winner of the February 17, 2024, primary election by the Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma also threatened to drag the party to court if justice is not done.
He reportedly staged a protest at the national secretariat of the party in Abuja, demanding justice, according to Channels TV.
His protest comes days after the APC canceled the election which produced him as the party’s candidate for Edo State governorship poll billed for September 2024.
He appealed to President Bola Tinubu to call the National Working Committee to order by restoring his candidature as pronounced by Governor Hope Uzodimma.
The party later appointed Governor Bassey Otu of Cross River State to conduct a fresh governorship primary which produced Monday Okpebholo as the party’s candidate.
Okpebholo scored 12, 433 votes to defeat the other eleven aspirants. Idahosa polled 6,541 votes. According to Otu who was the Chairman of the Revised APC Edo Gubernatorial Election Committee, 41,784 votes were cast in the primary.
He said there were 31,863 accredited voters, total votes cast 31,863, valid votes 31,863, and zero invalid votes in the race that featured 12 contestants.