The fate of a former All Progressive Congress (APC) youth coordinator in Egor Local Government Area of Edo State, Comrade Humphrey Ekhator accused of malfeasance during the 2015 council election in the locality is still hanging precariously in the balance.
Humphrey was alleged to have collected a huge amount of money from the opposing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to help tilt the result of ward 05 in the party’s favour.
He however failed to deliver on his promise, thereby incurring the wrath of the PDP faithful in the locality.
It was learnt that attempts made to recover the money from him were not successful.
The PDP youth leader in Egor, Austin Irughe who specifically struck the deal with Ekhator, lodged complaint with the police over the matter which led to the APC youth coordinator being declared wanted after he failed to honour police invitation.
The aggrieved PDP members had once voiced their grudge publicly in a publication in THE NIGERIAN OBSERVER newspaper edition of March 15, 2017 where they vowed not to relent until Ekhator is brought to book.
The issue also came up recently during the September 3, 2023 local government election which the PDP won overwhemly but its members during interactive session with journalists condemned the action of Ekhator who they said had been in hiding since the 2015 local government election