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Ndudi Elumelu Returns To The Green Chamber After Court Disqualified LP's Candidate

NancyOkafor

Jul 25, 2023

Ndudi Elumelu Returns To The Green Chamber After Court Disqualified LP's Candidate
Honorable Godwin Ndudi Elumelu has returned to the House of Representatives after the National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, sacked the current member of the Labour party Ngozi Okolie representing Aniocha/ Oshimili Federal constituency Delta State

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The tribunal voided Okolie of Labour Party's election yesterday on the grounds that he had not been a member of the Labour Party by May 28, 2022, the date of the primary election, and therefore was not properly sponsored by the party.

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The tribunal however, declared the runner-up in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election, Ndudi Elumelu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner.

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Elumelu, the immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, had submitted his petition to the tribunal, requesting Okolie's disqualification.

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Okolie had previously been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

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