The Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, Delta State has put on hold further hearing in the suit seeking the nullification of the emergence of Great Ogboru as governorship candidate of the All Progressive Congress (APC) and Emmanuel Uduaghan, Ovie Omo-Agege and Doris Uboh as senatorial candidates of the party.

It was a shock to everybody in the court when the suit brought by Mr. Cyril Abeye Ogodo seeking to be recognised as the authentic chairman of APC in the state could not continue.

In the suit, Ogodo is seeking about 23 other reliefs, among which is a declaration that he is the authentic state chairman of the state APC, and that any and every action purportedly taken, initiated or carried out by the fourth defendant, Jones Erue as chairman of APC (first defendant) by the second defendant (National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole) in Delta State following his purported inauguration, swearing-in and recognition and/or appointment by the national chairman as chairman of APC in Delta State is null, void and of no effect.

By implication, the suit is seeking the nullification of the emergence of other candidates for the House of Representatives and House of Assembly in the 2019 general election from the primaries conducted by the Jones Erue-led state executive committee.

At the resumed hearing on Tuesday, Presiding Judge, Justice T.B. Adegoke, informed the litigants and their counsel that she got a call from the Chief Justice of the High Court that there was a petition in respect of the matter before the Chief Justice of the High Court.

Justice Adegoke stated that the Chief Justice of the High Court told her about the petition which would be forwarded to her in due course, adding that trial in the matter could not continue until the determination of the said petition.

“The court will tarry a while in the hearing of this case pending the determination of the petition. The matter stand adjourned pending the administrative directive of the Chief Justice of the High Court,” she held.

At the last adjourned date on January 17, 2019, trial had commenced with the plaintiff, Ogodo, giving evidence in chief as led by his lead counsel, O.J. Oghenejakpor.

Tuesday’s proceedings was supposed to commence with the cross examination of the plaintiff by the respondents’ counsels who were absent in court, until the presiding announced the presence of petition against the continuation of trial in the pre-election suit.

•Sourced from a Daily Independent report

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