Senator Omo-Agege's second term ticket threatened as court sacks Delta APC exco

Federal High Court sitting in Asaba has
nullified the Jones Erue-led executive
committee of the All Progressive Congress
(APC) in Delta state
- The Jones Erue's faction produced Senator
Ovie Omo-Agege and the party's
governorship candidate
- Okubo Nwachukwu, the counsel to the
Erue-led executives, however, said they
would review the court’s judgment
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege's second term
ticket was on Monday, March 18,
threatened as the Federal High Court
sitting in Asaba, sacked the Jones Erue-
led executive committee of the All
Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta state.
The Independent reports that in its two-
hour judgment, the court, presided over
by Justice Toyin Adegoke upheld the
Cyril Ogodo-led Delta APC faction in the
state, declaring the executives as duly
elected.
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Legit.ng gathered that Justice Adegoke
further held that all actions purportedly
taken by the Erue-led executives were
null and void, thereby nullifying the
candidacy of the candidates who
emerged from the primaries conducted
by the Erue-led executives.
According to Rowland Ekpe, the counsel
to the Cyril Ogodo exco, the re-election
of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing
Delta central and other candidates in the
just-concluded elections, is now null and
void following the judgment since they
all emerged from the primaries
conducted by the Erue-led executives.
“The primaries conducted by Mefor
Progress, those names are the authentic
names.” Ekpe stressed.
Other candidates affected by the
judgment include the state governorship
candidate, Great Ogboru, and the
senatorial candidate for Delta south
senatorial district and immediate past
governor of the state, Emmanuel
Uduaghan, among others.
The counsel to the Erue-led executives,
Okubo Nwachukwu, however, said they
would review the court’s judgment,
noting that they would appeal the verdict
passed by Justice Toyin Adegoke.
“We will look at the judgment, and see
what we are going to do, but hopefully we
are going to appeal against the judgment.
I am very certain that the appeal will be
favourable.” Nwachukwu stated.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously
reported that the senator representing
Delta central, Ovie Omo-Agege, vowed
that any member who is remotely
connected with Senator Bukola Saraki's
agenda would not be allowed into the
leadership of the Senate.
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