The National Assembly Election Petition Tribunal in Asaba, Delta State, has upturned the election of Labour Party’s Ngozi Okolie as the representative for the Aniocha/Oshimili Constituency in the House of Representatives.
The tribunal ruled that Okolie was not a member of the Labour Party as at May 28, 2022, the date of the primary election, and thus, he was not properly sponsored by the party.
The tribunal therefore declared the runner-up in the February 25, 2023 National Assembly election, Ndudi Elumelu from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), as the winner.
Elumelu, the immediate past Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, had submitted his petition to the tribunal, requesting Okolie’s disqualification.
Okolie had previously been declared the winner of the election by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).