- The is as the appellate court set aside the judgment by the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba
- The tribunal had on July 24 declared Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has winner of the election
The Court of Appeal in Abuja has affirmed the election of Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP) as winner of the last election for Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency in Delta State.
The is as the appellate court set aside the judgment by the National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba.
The tribunal had on July 24 declared Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has winner of the election.
However, the Appeal Court on Thursday reversed the judgment of the national assembly election tribunal and declared Okolie as the authentic winner of the February 25th election.
The court averred that the election petitions tribunal was wrong for nullifying Okolie’s election and consequently dismissed the petition filed by Elumelu before the trial tribunal and on which the voided judgment was given.
The Court of Appeal ruled that, contrary to the finding of the tribunal, Okolie was duly nominated and sponsored by his party and that he resigned his appointment as a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Delta State Government as required by the Constitution.