Edo 2020: Respite For Obaseki As Ogbeide-Ihama Withdraws Case, Steps Down

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Respite came the way of Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki on Wednesday as one of the aspirants in Edo PDP governorship aspirant, Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama has withdrawn his case filed at a Port Harcourt High Court against Obaseki and also supported his bid

Justice Emmanuel Obile, struck out the case, after an out-of-court settlement was agreed on the case.

Obile had granted an interim injunction on Monday excluding Obaseki from tomorrow’s governorship primary.

Read also: Ondo 2020: Fresh Dynamics As Tinubu Insists Akeredolu Must Fight For APC’s Ticket..

Ogbeide-Ihama, had sued the National chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus, Emmanuel Ogidi and seven others, including Obaseki.

He sought a court declaration restraining them from allowing Obaseki, who was not screened within the time stipulated in the timetable to contest the PDP’s primary.

Omoregie’s Counsel, Fredinard Orgbe before the hearing of the case requested that the court should stand it down.

Read also: Edo 2020: We ‘ll Punish Obaseki With Our Votes, Says PDP’s Afegbua

This was to enable parties reach terms of settlement.

Also, Ogbeide-Ihama, a member representing Oredo Federal Constituency has stepped down for Governor Godwin Obaseki in tomorrow’s primary.

More to follow….

'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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