APC Chairman has petitioned the IGP to arrest Edo PDP Governorship Candidate, Asue Ighodalo over voter’s card forgery.
PoliticalNews Nigeria stories that Emperor Jarret Tenebe, performing chairman of the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has formally petitioned the Inspector Normal of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, demanding the arrest and prosecution of Asue Ighodalo, the Peoples Democratic Celebration (PDP) candidate, whom he accuses of forging his voter’s card.
This got here days after courtroom nullified the PDP main election which produced Ighodalo because the celebration’s governorship candidate for the forthcoming Edo State governorship election.
In a letter dated July third, Tenebe, performing in his capability as a involved voter and law-abiding citizen, expressed his issues in regards to the integrity of the electoral course of, stating, “whose curiosity could be affected if a non-qualified individual is allowed to take part or is elected.”
Tenebe alleged that Ighodalo introduced cast paperwork to each the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) and the general public. In his petition, he said, “That the mentioned Asuerinme Ighodalo has additionally introduced similar paperwork with a view of deceptive most of the people to depend on similar to be true in claiming his celebration ticket based mostly on a fraudulent and crooked basis.”