The Court of Appeal in Abuja reversed the judgment of the National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Court in Asaba which declared Ndudi Elumelu as winner of the Aniocha Oshimili Federal Constituency.
Daily Report Nigeria reports that Elumelu of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was declared winner of the February 25 election by the tribunal after it avoided the victory of Ngozi Okolie of the Labour Party.
Delivering judgment on Thursday, the Appeal Court faulted the tribunal for voiding Okolie’s election and proceeded to dismiss the petition filed by Elumelu.
The Court of Appeal agreed with lawyer to the Labour Party, Mahmud Magaji (SAN) 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 (SSA) to Delta State Government as required by the Constitution.