The management of the Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Celebration, PDP, has appealed to members for forgiveness over its incapability to reclaim the governorship mandate by means of the courts.
DAILY POST experiences that the chairman of the State Caretaker Committee, Tony Aziegbemi, made the attraction throughout a stakeholders’ assembly of the social gathering on Monday in Benin Metropolis.
In attendance on the assembly have been the social gathering’s September 21, 2024 governorship candidate, Dr Asue Ighodalo; members of the state caretaker committee; and leaders from throughout the senatorial districts of the state.
In his welcome handle, Aziegbemi thanked members for standing by the social gathering all through the election and the next authorized battle to reclaim the governorship mandate from the All Progressives Congress, APC.
He mentioned the social gathering had executed the whole lot inside its energy to retrieve the mandate by means of the courts.
In response to him, “We’re right here to report back to you. Please, forgive us, Edo folks, for not with the ability to retrieve your mandate. We fought and we tried all we might do however we couldn’t.
“We’re right here to inform you that in your behalf, the candidate, the deputy governorship candidate and the social gathering, we did all what we might do to retrieve our mandate, however sadly, the collusion between the presidency, Federal Authorities, INEC, the safety companies and now the judiciary was a hurdle we couldn’t surmount.
“So, we’re right here to as soon as once more thanks from the underside of our hearts for all that you just did for us. For standing by us. For ensuring that we weren’t alone on this journey as a result of figuring out that you just have been supporting us, that gave us the impetus and the braveness to maneuver on to proceed.
“We can not thanks sufficient. Might God, in His infinite mercy, proceed to information, bless and prosper you and your loved ones.
“We submit that the Supreme Courtroom is the final bus cease and there’s nothing else we are able to do about that. So we have now to shut that chapter and transfer on to the following factor.”
Aziegbemi additionally alleged that some APC leaders had begun calling to congratulate him on the social gathering’s victory on the polls earlier than occasions took an sudden flip.
“By 8:30 pm of that September 21, 2024, APC leaders have been calling to congratulate me for having gained the election as a result of they noticed what all of us have been seeing on the IReV, after which the manipulation began about 9 pm,” he added.
Whereas reiterating that the governorship mandate was stolen from PDP, he mentioned the social gathering had chosen to problem the result legally consistent with the rule of regulation.
“The state caretaker committee of PDP in Edo State desires to thank all members for sustaining the course, for being steadfast and for not abandoning us until final Thursday when that travesty of justice was meted on us.
“On September 21, 2024, all of us, all people and those who can not make it right here, you throng out in your numbers and voted for our social gathering and the candidate Dr Asue Ighodalo.
“Edo folks know who they voted for. Edo folks know that Asue Ighodalo is the elected governor of Edo State. They stole from us.
“They stole from us, they took and stole our mandate, and since we’re law-abiding we are saying let’s push this case legally,” he alleged.
In his remarks, Dr Asue Ighodalo, the social gathering’s governorship candidate, counseled the management and members of the social gathering for the belief and confidence reposed in him earlier than, throughout and after the election.
“I thank the folks of Edo State that voted for me, understood what they wished in authorities however have been pressured to simply accept lower than that.
“So my name is, fear not, and worry not, be brave, it shall be non permanent and what God has ordained will certainly come to go and God is aware of the suitable time,” he said.
