Jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress (APC) da Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) sun fara yaƙin shari’a a Kotun Tambaya ta Jihar Edo a yau, ranar Litinin, 9 ga Disamba, 2024. Wannan yaƙin shari’a ya fara ne bayan kotun ta sanar da fara taron pre-hearing na tambayoyin da aka kawo kan sakamako na zaben gwamnan jihar Edo da aka gudanar a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2024.
Komishinar Zabe Mai Zaman Kasa (INEC) ta sanar da dan takarar APC, Sanata Monday Okpebholo, a matsayin wanda ya lashe zaben, yayin da dan takarar PDP, Dr Asue Ighodalo, ya zo na biyu. PDP da Ighodalo sun ƙi sakamako na zaben, inda suka zargi cewa an yi magudi.
Kafin taron pre-hearing na kotun, Shugaban riko na PDP a jihar Edo, Tony Aziegbemi, ya kira da a yi nazari daidai da shaidar da aka gabatar a gaban kotun. “Haka ne muna fata kotun ta yi. Lauyoyin mu zasu yi haka daidai da nuna cewa zaben an sace shi ta hanyar APC. A matsayin jam’iyya, mun yi imani cewa majistirati za su duba shaidar da muke da ita wadda ta nuna cewa zaben an sace shi, kuma mun fata lauyoyin mu za yi adalci a hakan.”
A gefe guda, Sakataren Yada Labarai na APC, Peter Uwadiae-Igbinigie, ya bayyana imaninsa da tawon shari’a na jam’iyyarsa da kuma yuwuwar su ta hamayya da tambayar PDP. “Muna shirye-shirye don kotun tambaya a matsayin masu amsa wa tambayar da aka kawo. Mun da lauyoyi mafi kyawun a cikin tawon shari’armu. Mun kuma duba tambayar da suka kawo, ba tare da la’akari da kaso da suka kawo ba, mun fata mu za hadu da su a kotu.”
INEC ta sanar da Okpebholo na APC a matsayin wanda ya lashe zaben da kuri’u 291,667, inda ya doke Ighodalo na PDP wanda ya samu kuri’u 247,274, da Olumide Akpata na Labour Party wanda ya samu kuri’u 22,763. PDP da jam’iyyun siyasa shida sun kai korafi a gaban kotun, inda suke neman a soke sakamako na zaben da ake nadin Ighodalo a matsayin wanda ya lashe.
