An Election Petition tribunal sitting in Benin has upheld the election of Governor Godwin Obaseki as the winner of the last September 28, 2016 governorship election in Edo state.
The Ahmed Badamasi-led three man tribunal in a lead judgement dismissed the petition of the petitioners.
Badamasi said the petitioners which are PDP and its candidate Osagie Ize-Iyamu, abandoned their pleadings in the petition especially on allegations of corrupt practices, improper collation and computation of poling units and wards results, alteration of results among others by INEC.
