Court Sacks Delta State Senator-Elect, Peter Nwaoboshi

Court Sacks Delta State Senator-Elect, Peter Nwaoboshi

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sacked the Senator-elect
representing Delta North Senatorial District, Senator  Peter Nwaoboshi.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed in a Judgment delivered held that Nwaoboshi
who is a serving senator was not the winner of the October 2, 2018
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP’s) primary held to select a candidate for
the 2019 general election.

Justice Mohammed subsequently ordered the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) to publish the name of Ned Nwoko as the
candidate of the PDP, having established the fact before the court that
Nwoko scored a majority of the lawful votes at the primary election.

The court also ordered  Senator Nwaoboshi from parading himself as
the candidate of the PDP for the senatorial zone. Nwoko through his
counsel Ahmed Raji,] had dragged INEC, PDP, and the sacked senator
before the court praying for an order to stop INEC from publishing or
further publishing the name of Senator Nwaoboshi as the candidate for
Delta North Senatorial District.

Nwoko also asked for another order compelling the PDP to forward his
name to INEC as the authentic candidate of the party for the senatorial
district in the 2019 general election. The plaintiff predicated his suit
on seven grounds which was supported by a 20 paragraph affidavit
evidence and five exhibits, claimed that he was screened and cleared for
the Delta North Senatorial District by the PDP Electoral Committee.