Edo Election: APC Speaks On Alleged Disqualification Of Its Candidate, Monday Okpebholo Hours Before Election

The APC statement titled ‘FAKE NEWS ALERT – SOME PARTIES CIRCULATING FAKE MAGISTRATE COURT RULING AGAINST APC EDO GOVERNORSHIP CANDIDATE, SENATOR MONDAY OKPEBHOLO – PLEASE DISREGARD’ reads:“In the final hours to the Edo State Gubernatorial Election scheduled to be held tomorrow Saturday, September 21, 2024, certain political parties have desperately resorted to forgery, disinformation and blackmail by circulating a FAKE Magistrate court ruling purportedly disqualifying Senator Monday Okpebholo, the APC Gubernatorial Candidate in the election.

“Senator Monday Okpebholo is, and remains, the standard bearer of the APC in tomorrow’s Edo State Gubernatorial Election.” The disclaimer from the court is also detailed below: IN THE MAGISTRATE COURT OF THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY, ABUJA CORAM: HIS WORSHIP ABUBAKAR MUKHTAR _DISCLAIMER NOTICE_ CASE NO.

“The FAKE NEWS meant to sow seeds of doubt about the APC candidate is a blatant and calculated attempt to subvert the will of the Edo electorate and must be thoroughly rejected by the good and discerning people of Edo State.

: CR/WZ2/816/2024 “IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the general public be informed that the story circulating regarding the purported disqualification of Senator Monday Okpebholo from the Edo State Governorship Election due to age falsification and forgery is entirely FALSE and MISLEADING.

However, theAPC, in a statement on Friday by its spokesperson,Felix Morka, said the purported court judgement is fake and is the handwork of certain political parties desperate to spread disinformation ahead of the polls..

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