Court sacks Delta APC exco, voids Ogboru, Omo-Agege candidacy

The electoral victory of Senator Ovie Omo -Agege in the February 23 Presidential and National Assembly elections might be short lived as the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba on Monday sacked the Jones Erue-led executive committee of the All Progressive Congress (APC) in Delta state.

By the pronouncement of the court, Chief Great Ogboru also has his candidacy as the state governorship candidate of the APC in the March 9 governorship election voided.

Senator Omo- Agege was re-elected as Senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District.

Justice Toyin Adegoke, who presided over the court session in a two-hour judgment, upheld the Cyril Ogodo-led Delta APC faction in the state, declaring the executive committee as duly elected.

Justice Adegoke further held that all actions purportedly taken by the Erue-led executive 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 executive committee, the re-election of Senator 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,” Mr Ekpe stressed.

Other candidates affected by the judgment, include the senatorial candidate for Delta South Senatorial District and immediate past Governor of the state, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan among others.

Meanwhile, Mr. Okubo Nwachukwu, counsel to the Erue-led executive said they would review the court’s judgment, noting that they would appeal the verdict as passed by Justice 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.