Monday Okpebholo signs peace accord amid APC’s initial resistance

Senator Monday Okpebholo, the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for the Edo governorship election, has signed the Peace Accord, despite his party’s earlier decision to abstain.

The APC had initially refused to sign, citing the unresolved murder of police inspector Onuh Akor, who was part of Okpebholo’s campaign team, and accusing the state government of shielding those responsible.

However, Okpebholo’s decision to sign the agreement, intended to ensure a peaceful electoral process, comes after similar hesitations from Governor Godwin Obaseki’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which had also threatened not to sign due to mistrust in the police and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).