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The call was made against the backdrop of the legal challenge to Olumide Akpata's Edo State candidature filed by Barr. Kenneth Imansuangbon, an LP candidate for governor.
The Catalyst Committee stated in a statement released by the group's coordinator, Dr. Abel Oarhe, which was sighted by GTN, that the call was required because certain "money bags" were purportedly trying to ensure that justice was not served and, as a result, subvert the will of the people.
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