The Court of Appeal in Asaba, Delta State, has affirmed Ned Nwoko as the winner of the Delta North Senatorial District and dismissed Peter Nwaoboshi’s appeal as lacking in merit.
News About Nigeria gathered that Justice Olubunmi Oyewole, who read the judgment via Zoom on Wednesday, upheld the removal of Senator Nwaoboshi as the senator-elect for the Delta North Senatorial District.
Recall that the Federal High Court Abuja in April sacked Nwaoboshi as the senator-elect for Delta North Senatorial District after the court held that Nwaoboshi, a serving senator, was not the duly elected candidate of the PDP in the primary election.
This came after Nwoko, challenging the election of Nwaoboshi as the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the October 2, 2018, primaries of the party held in Delta, filed a suit against him.
“The court considered all the arguments presented by the parties on the issues and came to the conclusion that the appeal is devoid of merit and is accordingly dismissed.
Justice Mohammed had then ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to publish the name of Nwoko as the PDP candidate, having established before the court that he secured the highest number of votes in the said primary election.
Delivering the judgment of the Appeal Court on Wednesday, Justice Oyewole said the appeal was against the decision of the National Assembly Election Tribunal, Asaba, thereby dismissing the appellant’s petition against the return of the second respondent for the Delta North Senatorial District in the National Assembly.
“Although in this regard, the court did not award any costs and appreciated the efforts put in by various counsel in respect of the various briefs,” the judgment read.
Justice Oyewole subsequently dismissed the appeal.
