The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin City, the Edo State capital on Friday reaffirmed the nullification of the re-election of the Senator representing Delta Central district on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ovie Omo-Agege.
The court also nullified the election of Francis Waive, who was declared the winner of the Ughelli North, South and Udu House of Representatives seat on the APC platform.
In a judgment delivered by Justice Tosin Adegoke On March 18, the Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, the Delta State capital, had sacked the Great Ogboru/Ovie Omo-Agege factional State Executive Committee of the APC led by Jones Erue and upheld the O’tega Emerhor faction led by Cyril Ogodo as the authentic state executive committee.
The Federal High Court also nullified all actions taken by the sacked Erue-led executive, including ward and local government congresses, party primaries and the list of candidates that emerged from the primaries.
Consequently, the court awarded a fine of three hundred thousand naira each to the two candidates.
