Court sacks suit claiming Omo-Agege is an ex-convict

A High Court in Abuja has declared that the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege was not an ex-convict as claimed by his accusers.

A group, Incorporated Trustees of Patriotic Youth Organisation of Nigeria had filed a suit in the court alleging that Omo-Agege was an ex-convict in America and should have been disqualified from contesting election.

But the court presided over by Justice Othman Musa, dismissed the suit. He said that Omo-Agege was never convicted by any court of law in the United States of America.

The judge said the case was simply a non-criminal trial by a Judicial Commission of Inquiry which did not amount to a conviction.

He went further to hold that the case against the Deputy Senate President in the state of California was a disciplinary matter which he challenged in the US Supreme Court and won.

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“So he is not under obligation to disclose such information to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before contesting an election,” the judge said.

Further ruling that Omo-Agege did not commit any perjury as canvassed by the claimant, the judge awarded the cost of N1 million against the claimant for filing a frivolous suit aimed at denting the image of the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria.

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