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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