LP’s Okolie vows yo appeal tribunal judgement
By Nosa Àkeñzua
A member representing Aniocha Oshimili Federal Constituency at the House Representatives ,under Labour Party ( LP) Mr Ngozi Okolie, says he will appeal the tribunal Judgement annulling his election.
Okolie who spoke to journalists in Asaba said that the judgement had no legal basis , and however pledged his readiness to appeal the Judgement, adding that the judgement that he contested the election while in office as against the constitution, was untrue disclosing that he resigned before thirty days to the election as enshrined in the Constitution.
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He noted that the recent court verdict in the Atiku Vs Tinubu, APC , ruled that issues of Candidacy were the internal affairs of political parties, saying that:” Before I contested the February 25th election, the People’s Democratic Party Government in Delta State which I served had stopped my Salary which followed my resignation”
Okolie emphasized that the election that brought him into office was the most Credible in the state since the nation returned to Democratic Government adding that” I didn’t rig any election , God is my witness, people came out enmass to vote for me, I will beat my Chest and say I am the only person in that Constituency that have won without rigging”
Okolie however expressed dissatisfaction with the Judgement, noting that the time was getting closer when Nigerians would resort to native shrines to seek for Justice because of people no longer believe in the Judiciary, explaining that he defected to Labour Party to find opportunity in assisting people from his Constituency to boost their standard of living.
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