Asue Ighodalo, governorship candidate of the People Democratic Party (PDP)in the September 21 ,governorship election, has hit out at the Supreme Court.
The latter affirmed the election of Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as the governor of Edo State, upholding the decision of the Court of Appeal in Abuja to the displeasure of Ighodalo who found it injustice.
The PDP candidate in a statement he released said of the apex court and its decision: “I feel a deep sense of betrayal. Not just by those who rigged the process, but by the very institutions we trusted to protect our democracy.
“You came out in hope. You voted for competence, for progress, for prosperity. And now, we are told that your voice does not matter. That your freely given mandate can be trampled without consequence.”
Before he added: “While I will not and can not obstruct any judicial pronouncement, no matter how flawed, I must never fear to speak truth to power.
“Though this painful chapter closes today, our beautiful story does not end. The struggle to reclaim the soul of our beloved state continues. Yes, dark days may lie ahead. I fear Edo will feel it in the absence of leadership, in the poverty of policy, and in the daily suffering of her people.”
