Court Sacks LG Chairman in Edo
POLITICS DIGEST – The Edo State High Court has sacked Victor Emuankhagbon and declared Aguele as the rightful winner of the All Progressives Congress (APC)’s January 24, 2018, primary election for the March 3, 2018, of Esan South-East Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Godwin Obaseki has already sworn in Peter Aguele as new chairman.
Aguele, who protested against the conduct of the primary that produced Emuankhagbon, approached the court to seek justice.
He insisted that he was the rightful winner of the primary and should have been the party’s candidate for the chairmanship poll.
Read Also:
He urged the court to declare him the winner of the primary and for the Edo State Independent Electoral Commission to recognise him as such.
In his judgment, the presiding judge, Daniel Okungbowa, said the petitioner was the APC’s rightful candidate for the election.
Okungbowa said, “Therefore, the respondent should stop parading himself as the chairman of the council and he should refund the money so far paid to him while in office as chairman of the council in the last two years to the treasury of the council.”
He also ordered that the petitioner should be paid the entitlements due to him since 2018 as the rightful candidate and the elected chairman of the council.
Obaseki, who congratulated Aguele, said his administration had respect for the rule of law.
’s January 24,){kind=link}