A Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday declared that Ndudi Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) did not win the 2023 election for the Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives.
The National and State Houses of Assembly Election Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State had on July 24 declared Mr Elumelu winner of the election and sacked Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party (LP).
However, in its ruling, the appellate court declared Okolie winner of the election.
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It faulted the tribunal for voiding Okolie’s election and dismissed the petition filed by Elumelu before the tribunal.
The court agreed with the Labour Party’s lawyer Mahmud Magaji 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 to Delta State Government as required by the constitution.
