Supreme Court Schedules Final Decision Date on Edo Election Case

On Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Supreme Court is scheduled to issue its ruling over the Edo gubernatorial election of 2024.
According to reports, Asue Ighodalo of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is running against Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for Edo State governor.
Parties to the matter were informed of the ruling date.

After hearing the parties’ arguments, the court postponed indefinitely last week.

Following arguments, the Supreme Court stated that a new judgment date would be announced in due course and reserved its decision sine die, or without a set date.

Ighodalo contended, represented by Ken Mozia (SAN), that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) ought to have declared him the winner as he received the majority of legitimate votes.

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“Based on the legitimate votes cast, we implore the court to declare our client the duly elected governor and to invalidate Obekpolo’s return,” Mozia said.

Nonetheless, INEC, represented by Kanu Agabi (SAN), contested the appeal and urged the supreme court to reject it completely for lack of merit.

In their suit, Agabi contended that Ighodalo and the PDP had first declared the entire election to be “illegal and invalid” because it was allegedly not in accordance with the Electoral Act 2022.

Agabi told the court, “You cannot try to profit from an election while simultaneously discrediting it.”

“They’re acting strangely. No one can be proclaimed the victor of the election if it is illegal as stated.

INEC insisted that the Supreme Court should uphold Obekpolo’s election, claiming that the PDP’s appeal was full of inconsistencies.

According to the article, Justice Garba Lawal presided over the five-member panel and declared that judgment had been reserved after hearing from the parties.

“This case has been postponed indefinitely. All parties will be notified of the decision date,” said Justice Lawal.