Court Had Served Order On INEC Nullifying Omo-Agege’s Re-Election, Says Emerhor

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A copy of the enrolment order of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Asaba that nullified the Jones Erue-led APC exco in Delta State, has been served on the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.

Olorogun O’tega Emerhor who stated this in a press release through his media assistant, Mr.  Aghogho  Orotomah, noted that the order made by the court expressly nullified the list of the party’s candidates submitted to INEC by the Jones Erue’s, adding that in the light of the court’s finding, the certificate of returns issued to Senator Omo-Agege was in error.

It would be recalled that based on the Federal High Court judgment, the INEC refused to issue certificate of returns for these House of Assembly candidates who won their elections on the platform of the Jones Erue’s exco of the State APC.

Emerhor stated that Order 4 and Order 5 of the judgment nullified the Erue exco list and upheld the Cyril Ogodo list of candidates respectively, adding that in the light of the judgment, he (Emerhor) is not only the rightful senatorial candidate of the party in Delta Central, but also the authentic Senaror-elect.

He said: “The judgment of the Federal High Court, Asaba made a specific order, order no 4 in the court enrolled orders nullifying the full plate of NASS, Governorship and House of Assembly candidates list of Delta APC submitted to INEC through the Prophet Jones Erue Exco which contained the following names as APC  SENATORIAL candidates to wit: Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan- Delta South Senator Ovie Omo-Agege – Delta Central and Hon Doris Uboh- Delta North.

“The order 5 went on to identify exhibit S and T as containing the list of the valid and authentic APC NASS, Governorship, and House of Assembly candidates for the 2019 general elections. The SENATORIAL candidates contained in the court certified exhibits are as follows: Chief Micheal Johnny- Delta South Olorogun O’tega Emerhor–Delta Central and Chief Mrs Marian Ali- Delta North.”

Emerhor averred that the certificate of returns issued to Senator Omo-Agege will soon be withdrawn from him and the same issued to him (Emerhor).

According to him, Senator Omo-Agege’s argument that the FHC judgment does not affect his candidacy amounts to self denial.

When contacted for his reaction, the media aide to the Senator, Mr. Godwin Anaughe assured our correspondent that he will get back to him but he was yet to do that as at the time of filing this report.

John Oghojafor
John Oghojafor
'Dotun Akintomide's journalism works intersect business, environment, politics and developmental issues. Among a number of local and international publications, his work has appeared in the New York Times. He's a winner of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Award. Currently, the Online Editor at The New Diplomat, Akintomide has produced reports that uniquely spoke to Nigeria's experience on Climate Change issues. When Akintomide is not writing, volunteering or working on a media project, you can find him seeing beautiful sites like the sandy beaches that bedecked the Lagos coastline.

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