Edo PDP rejects outcome of by-elections, declares it embarrassment to democracy
The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has rejected the conduct and the results of the Saturday, August 16, 2025 Senatorial and House of Representatives by-elections in the state.
DAILY POST reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, had early on Sunday, August 17, 2025 declared the candidates of the All Progressives Congress, APC winners of the elections.
The Commission declared Joseph Ikpea and Omosede Igbinedion, the winners of the Edo Central senatorial district and the Ovia Federal Constituency by-elections respectively.
Reacting to the conduct and outcome of the elections, PDP, said it rejected the purported results being circulated by INEC.
A statement signed by Chris Nehikhare, Elections Secretary, Edo PDP Caretaker Committee described the exercise as nothing
but an embarrassment to democracy.
The party alleged that INEC hid under the so-called “glitches” and “malfunctions,” but the real issue is its lack of competence, neutrality, and moral standing.
According to him, the BVAS is the single most important tool that guarantees the credibility of elections in Nigeria.
“What we witnessed was not a technical failure but a deliberate sabotage by INEC to provide room for manipulation in cohort with APC and creates an unfair advantage for the APC and renders the entire process compromised.
“In any responsible society, the management of INEC would by now have been sacked and prosecuted for repeatedly compromising the electoral process.
“Nigerians deserve elections that are free, fair, and credible and not exercises where the outcome is predetermined.
“Until our elections are adequately prepared for and conducted transparently, democracy in Nigeria will remain under siege”, he said
Edo PDP rejects outcome of by-elections, declares it embarrassment to democracy
