PDP withdraws petition against Adams Oshiomhole's re-election as Edo State Governor

Adams Oshiomhole

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party appears set for another round of crisis, following a decision to discontinue with its petition challenging Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s re-election.

The party, had last week Friday, petitioned the Election Petitions Tribunal in Benin over the re-election of Oshiomhole of the Action Congress of Nigeria at the July 14 governorship election. However, in a statement on Monday, it made a U-turn, announcing the discontinuation of the petition.

In a statement titled ‘Let God Be the Judge’, by its chairman, Chief Dan Orbih, the PDP anchored its decision on the likely “consequences of protracted litigation on the state.”

In the statement, which appeared at variance with the mood of its governorship candidate, Maj.-Gen. Charles Airhiavbere (retd.), who said he would address another press conference on the issue, the party called on members in the state not to be discouraged by its defeat at the poll.