Members of the Labour Party (LP) today protested at the venue of the inaugural sitting of the Edo State Elections Tribunal.
The protesting party men called for justice over allegations that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) did not compile the full results for the House of Representatives for Uhunmwonde/Orhionmwon federal constituency in the state.
One of the protesters, Blessing Agho spoke on behalf of Labour Party candidate for the election, Musphy Imasuen.
"The Labour Party has about 2414 votes that were not collated by INEC and according to them, it was a mistake so we immediately wrote a letter to INEC on February 27th notifying the commission of the omission and they admitted that it was a mistake by their collating officer and they promised that during the supplementary election, the result will be added.
"But unfortunately on the 15th day of April supplementary election, INEC did not add the vote claiming that he was scared for his life and was being threatened by other political parties.
"They went on to declare the APC candidate as the winner whereas if they add the votes, LP will win.”
Meanwhile, the Edo Election Petition Tribunal 1 (EPT1) in its inaugural meeting charged all parties before the Tribunal to be diligent, and avoid delays through filling unnecessary applications in the prosecution of their petitions.
Justice Yusuf Mohammed, Chairman of the 3-man led EPT1 gave the charge during the panel’s inaugural sitting in Benin City.
He said that the duties of the tribunal is to consider and determine petitions filed before it by the various petitioners who he said are 15 in number.
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