Court sacks Delta APC chairman, return of Omo-Agege to Senate now unsure

Prophet Jones Ode Erue, the Delta State chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has been sacked.

This followed a ruling of a Federal High court sitting in Asaba on Monday.

Also sacked were the ward and local government executives of the party.

Justice Toyin Adegoke declared the plaintiff, Cyril Ogodo, as the authentic chairman of the main opposition party in the state.

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Consequently, the re-election of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege representing Delta Central, the election of a member of the House of Representatives, Mr. Francis Waive and the election of three members of the state House of Assembly, having emerged from the primaries conducted by the Erue-led state executives, all have been voided by the court ruling.

Also affected were the nomination of Great Ogboru, the governorship candidate; immediate past governor and senatorial candidate for Delta south, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan; Delta north senatorial candidate, Doris Uboh among others

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