Appeal Court Upholds Ngozi Okolies Victory at the Polls, Reverses Elumelus' Tribunal Victory.

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has reversed the judgment of the National and State Assembly Elections Petitions Court in Asaba which declared Ndudi Elumelu as winner of the Aniocha Oshimili Federal Constituency.

Delivering judgment on Thursday, the Appeal Court faulted the tribunal for voiding Okolie’s election and proceeded to dismiss the petition filed by Elumelu.

The Court of Appeal agreed with lawyer to the Labour Party, Mahmud Magaji (SAN) that contrary to the finding of the tribunal, Okolie was duly nominated and sponsored by his party and that he resigned his appointment as a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to Delta State Government as required by the Constitution.